Aquarium, NOAA, California Sea Grant Release Report and Share the Latest About Fish Farming

September 21, 2016

Members of the media are invited to hear from leading experts the latest about proposed fish farming operations in Southern California’s offshore waters and current operations in U.S. marine waters while sampling responsibly farmed U.S. seafood, exploring live animal exhibits about aquaculture, and interacting with the new online map featuring marine aquaculture farms in California and the U.S. on Tuesday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m. at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The last week of September is National Aquaculture Week, kicking off National Seafood Month which begins in October. The Aquarium also invites the public to participate by engaging in a live webcast to find out how help to the ocean one bite at a time.

WHEN:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
● 10:00 a.m. Sustainable seafood tasting and aquaculture/fish farming interactive table
● 10:15 a.m. Aquarium’s live webcast
● 10:30 a.m. Aquaculture show projected on the Aquarium’s NOAA Science on a Sphere®
● 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Press Interviews/Additional Photo Opportunities, including live animals in the Aquarium’s aquaculture exhibits

WHO:
● Dr. James Morris, a marine ecologist, NOAA National Ocean Service/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
● Dr. Paul Olin, aquaculture specialist, California Sea Grant/University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
● Dr. Jerry Schubel, president and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
● Kim Thompson, Seafood for the Future manager, Aquarium of the Pacific
● Diane Windham, aquaculture coordinator, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, California

WHERE: Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802

To RSVP, please contact Marilyn Padilla at mpadilla@lbaop.org.

The public is invited to tune in to a free live Aquarium webcast at 10:15 a.m. PST on September 27, 2016, and submit questions via Twitter @AquariumPacific using the hashtag #aopAquaculture or via email to live@lbaop.org (see aquariumofpacific.org/aquariumlive). The Aquarium’s new Perspectives on Aquaculture film will be available online for public viewing the last week of October. The Aquarium’s Marine Aquaculture show projected on its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science on a Sphere® technology is available for viewing at the Aquarium daily. In addition, those visiting the Aquarium during National Seafood Month will also be able to see the Aquarium’s new Storied Seafood: Vaquita Conservation photography exhibit about fisherman using non-entangling fishing gear to save the world’s most critically endangered marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise.

NOAA:
NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and marine resources. The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science delivers ecosystem science solutions for NOAA’s National Ocean Service and its partners, bringing research, scientific information and tools to help balance the nation’s ecological, social, and economic goals.