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M O N T E R E Y B A Y A Q U A R I U M
SH RELINES
3Directors Note Aquarium Adventures
10Cindy Pawlcyn
6New Open Sea Animals
4OceanAction
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Black sea nettles are among the celebrated animals youll see in the Open Sea galleries.
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We forget that
the water cycle
and the life cycle
are one.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Behind the scenes we are already
caring for many of the animals that
will be added to the exhibits: tufted
puffins and other diving birds, sand-
bar sharks and young sea turtles. New
tunas are growing rapidly in our Ani-mal Research and Care Center that
we opened last year with your help.
Our four older sea turtles are there
too, until the day when they return to
the million-gallon Open Sea exhibit.
Your support has been critical to
this project, and to all our efforts to
inspire visitors to care more and do
more to protect the oceans. I hope
to see you at our member and donor
events, celebrating the opening of our
new galleries in July.
In addition to new exhibits, were in-
troducing many new summer pro-
grams that will make your visits even
more memorable. Well have more
sleepovers; sailing and tour opportu-
nities; and extended hours during
Evenings by the Bay each Saturday
and Sunday.
I hope youll join me at our 10th an-
nual Cooking for Solutions celebrationin May. Well host new events and wel-
come culinary celebrities including
Alton Brown, Robert Irvine, P. Allen
Smith and Nathan Lyon. All of these
luminaries share our commitment to
sustainable seafood.
Cooking for Solutions will feature
our honored chef, Rick Moonen, and
our new culinary partner, Chef Cindy
Pawlcyn, who is taking our food serv-
ice to a new level of excellence while
deepening our commitment to serve
food thats delicious and good for
the oceans. You can learn more about
Cindy, and our Cooking for Solutions
events, on page 10.
I would also like to personally thank
everyone who generously gave to our
Saving Ocean Animals campaign. Your
support will help keep our research
teams in the field: studying the con-
nections between the health ofcoastal waters and the survival of sea
otters from California to Alaska; the
impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil disas-
ter on Atlantic bluefin tuna; and the
migrations of young great white
sharks in U.S. and Mexican waters.
Your contributions help make this
critical research possible and provide
valuable support for our free educa-
tion programs for over 80,000
schoolchildren each year. Thank you
for helping us protect ocean animals
and inspire people to care as deeply
about them as you and I do.
DirectorsNote
J u l i e P a c k a r d
Executive Director
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This is a busy time at the Aquarium, as we prepare for thesummer season and especially the debut of our Open Sea
galleries. Our new exhibits will tell a fresh story about theanimals of the open ocean.
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NewSteps forSharks,SustainableSeafoodby Michael Sutton
With your help, and that of
thousands of people like you,we can make a big difference
for sharks.
We are a leading supporter of
California legislation (AB 376),
that would ban the trade
of shark fins in the state.
This is significant, be-
cause the bill if passed
into law would remove
the economic incentives
that drive the global
shark fin trade and the killingof millions of sharks worldwide.
(Outside of Asia, California rep-
resents one of the largest mar-
kets for shark fins.)
Our role in the coalition spon-
soring the legislation was an
important factor in winning the
support of key elected officials
and prominent chefs like Mar-
tin Yan and Charles Phan
both past honorees at our
Cooking for Solutions events.
As AB 376 progresses,
well call on you to
voice your support for
sharks. Together, we
can win the votes
needed to provide an-
other layer of protection for
sharks worldwide just as we
did in last years successful
campaign to pass the Shark
Conservation Act, which be-came federal law earlier
this year.
Sometimes it takes a new law
to help protect the oceans.
Sometimes its a matter of peo-
ple stepping up to do the right
thing. Were making that easier
for individuals and businessesby adding some new features
to our Seafood Watch iPhone
and Android apps.
Project FishMap is a new tool
that literally puts sustain-
able seafood on the
map by highlighting the
Best Choices and Good
Alternatives you can find
at your favorite restau-
rant or supermarket.
Nearly 200,000 people have
downloaded the updated
iPhone app; and more than
1,200 individuals have logged
over 2,000 seafood recommen-
dations from nearly 400 cities
nationwide. The list of sustain-
able options is growing every
day, and will grow even faster
now that weve launched an
Android version of the Seafood
Watch app as well.
With your help the
Aquarium has become
a trusted voice for the
oceans an organiza-
tion whose opinions
carry weight with con-
sumers, businesses and
policy-makers in Sacramento
and Washington D.C. Whether
through new legislation or new
tools, well continue to find cre-
ative ways to protect theoceans and the ocean animals
we love.
Taking Action
Michael Sutton is vice president and director
of our Center for the Future of the Oceans.
Bluefin tuna - Thun
Tunas bodies are almost perfectly streamlined to help
conserve energy on their long-distance journeys. And tuna
can retract their fins, making them super-streamlined.
Pacific bluefin tuna
spawn midway be-
tween Okinawa and
the Philippines and
possibly in the Sea of
Japan, then migrate
over 6,000 nautical
miles to the eastern
Pacific, eventually
returning to their
birth waters
to spawn.
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Research on Tuna Comes inAllSizes
In collaboration with Stanford
University, our Tuna Research
and Conservation Center (TRCC)provides a laboratory setting that
allows us to conduct studies that
would be impossible in the wild. In
a lab we can observe how tunas
respond to changes in diet and
temperature. And using our tuna
respirometer, we can
even measure their
physiological perform-
ance much like sports
physiologists do with
elite athletes.
This analogy is especially appro-
priate with yellow and bluefin
tuna the super athletes of the
oceans. Researchers here are
leading the way studying the
molecular, biochemical and
physiological characteristics of
these remarkable fish.
Using a sophisticated technique
in which microscopically-fine
glass electrodes are inserted
into individual tuna heart mus-
cle cells, a group of vis-
iting scientists from
Manchester University
is studying the behavior
of ion channels and ex-
changers embedded
into the surface of
these cells. The movement of
ions sodium and calcium in
particular in and out of a mus-
cle cell is what controls its abil-
ity to expand and contract.When contractions and expan-
sions occur in unison (as they do
in heart tissue), the heart beats
pumping blood through the
rest of the tunas body.
However, the ion channels them-
selves can be affected by a vari-
ety of environmental factors.
If a heart gets too cold or too
warm, for example, the cells lose
their ability to control the flow
of ions effectively shutting
down the organ. Likewise, thepresence of various chemical
compounds can affect heart cell
function leading to impaired
heart function or even death.
By studying the effects of envi-
ronmental factors on
the physiology of indi-
vidual heart cells, TRCC
scientists hope to gain
insight into how wild
tunas could be affected
by changes in their environment. Changes in ocean tem-
perature, for example, might
alter migration patterns. And
environmental pollutants could
affect population size, depend-
ing on where and when they
are exposed.
So whether we are studying the
swimming physiology of whole
tunas, or the electrophysiology
of individual heart cells, our re-
search can help us to under-stand the biology of
these animals around
the globe and, ultimately
how we can help them
survive in the wild.
Your contributions to ou
Saving Ocean Animals campaign
help make this work possible
and were grateful to those of
you who have given generously
to the campaign.
Looking for our Mysteries of
the Deep column? In response
to your feedback, were pleased
to offer an expanded look at
MBARIs latest research on
page 14.
Research Updatehynnus
Unlike most fishes, tunas are warm-blooded and can
heat their bodies to 36 F warmer than the surrounding
water. This added warmth helps their muscles work faster
and more efficiently.
Bluefin tuna aresome of the largest
and fastest fish in
the oceantheyre
powerful swimmers,
built for endurance
and speed. A Pacific
bluefin tuna is
capable of swimming
at speeds of 12 to
18 miles per hour
for brief periods.
Tunas consume as much as five percent of
their body weight daily and must continually
swim with their mouths open to force water
over their gills, supercharging their blood-rich
muscles with oxygen.
You can learn more on the Research and
Conservation pages of our website.
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We are making great
progress on our new
Open Sea galleries and
were excited to an-
nounce they will open
on July 1.
Topping the list of returning favorites
is our ocean sunfish. Now more than fivefeet long and doing well in its temporary
home in our Tuna Research and Conser-
vation Center, our mola will soon return
to its million-gallon exhibit home.
The ocean sunfish, or Mola mola, is
more than a crowd favorite and an iconic
exhibit animal. Because of our success in
keeping them on exhibit, were able to
conduct growth studies to learn more
about the diet and caloric needs of the
largest bony fishes in the ocean. In the
wild, molas can reach 14 feet in length
and tip the scales at an SUV-like 5,000
pounds. Molas on exhibit here can reach
a still-massive 1,000 pounds.
As with our work with juvenile great
white sharks, our staff is involved in a
tagging program to learn more about
mola habitat preferences and migratorypatterns in the wild. To date, weve
tagged nearly a dozen molas and gath-
ered information that may be crucial to
the survival of the species.
In California, nearly 30 percent of the
catch in a swordfish boat can be molas
caught by mistake rivaling or exceeding
the number of swordfish landed by fish-
ing crews. Molas are also threatened by
floating trash a growing problem for
many ocean animals and seabirds.
We were one of the
first aquariums to su
cessfully exhibit the
species, and our re-
search with animals
on exhibit and in the
wild is helping to unwrap the mysteri
of the mola. Senior aquarist and residemola expert Michael Howard says,
Theres no written recipe for this. We
always learning.
Our ocean sunfish wont be alone in
the million-gallon Open Sea exhibit. Ou
new Animal Research and Care Center
nearby Marina is holding dozens of an
mals awaiting their return to the Aqua
ium. This includes many other favorite
yellowfin and bluefin tuna, bonito, bar-
racuda, pelagic rays, scalloped hamme
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head sharks, and four large green sea
turtles. Theyll be joined by an all-new
species for us: the beautiful sandbar
shark, and by the largest Pacific sardine
collection weve ever had.
Our white shark team will be in the
field this summer, tagging more juvenile
sharks, and we hope to add a white shark
to this exhibit in the fall.
Well also open a new diving bird ex-
hibit, with tufted puffins, horned puffins
and a pigeon guillemot. And, well feature
never before seen deep-sea jellies along
with black sea nettles, Pacific sea nettles,
moon jellies, crystal jellies and more.
Plan your visit now to see our new Open
Sea galleries when they open in July.
Please see the attached Member
Calendar for early openings and special
evening hours just for members.
Thank You. Over 1,400 members and donors have already
contributed nearly $2 million to our Saving Ocean Animals
campaign and we're deeply grateful.
Ocean animals need us. If you havent already joined this important
campaign, please contact us at 800-840-4880. Make your gift
today and provide critical support for our field work, education and
conservation programs to ensure a future with healthy oceans.
Our Packards Circle donors and campaign donors with gifts
of $250 or more will be invited to special receptions for our
Open Sea galleries:
Packards Circle Preview: Friday, July 1, 7 p.m.
Campaign Donor Reception: Friday, July 8, 7 p.m.
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AquariumAdventures
Our popular summer programs return, with
plenty of dates and times offered so you
can experience them at your convenience
throughout the season.
Advanced registration is required. Visitwww.montereybayaquarium.org for pro-
gram descriptions, dates, times and rates.
Or, call toll free 866-963-9645 for informa-
tion and reservations.
Underwater Explorers
Ages: 8 to 13
Member Fee: $75; General Public Fee: $95
plus Aquarium admission
Come dive with us! In this unique program,
kids are introduced to surface SCUBA with
Aquarium dive staff in our Great Tide Pool.
They'll meet amazing animals while getting
a fish-eye view of the wonders of the bay as
they are safely guided on surface SCUBA
tours. Basic swimming skills required. No
SCUBA experience or equipment necessary.
Sealife Sails: Day Sail
Ages: 8 and older
MemberFee:$45; General PublicFee: $55
Let the animals tell the story of Monterey
Bay. Along the way you may get to see ma-
rine birds, sea lions, seals and sea otters, all
common visitors to the bay. Experience the
natural wonders of our beautiful surround-
ings firsthand as you work alongside
Aquarium naturalists aboard the Derek M.
Baylis, a 65-foot sailboat designed for
ocean research. You may even take a turn
at the helm steering the boat! Day sails are
offered most Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-
days, June 17 through September 3.
Sealife Sails: Evening Sail
Ages: 8 and older
Member Fee: $45; General Public Fee: $55
Sip and sail with us! Join us for a spectacu-
lar sail on the waters of the Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary. Watch for
wildlife and enjoy wine and light refresh-
ments as you talk with our naturalist or
simply relax with friends. Evening sails are
offered most Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-
days, June 17 through September 3.
Summer Nights Sleepovers
Ages: 5 and older
Member Fee: $75; General Public Fee: $95
Spend the night at the Aquarium! You can
enjoy our new Open Sea galleries at your
leisure and have fun with special activities
before settling in for the night in front of
your favorite exhibit. A continental break-
fast is served in the morning. Sleepovers
are offered on July 2, 16, 23 and 30; August
13, 18 and 27; and September 17.
Behind-the-ScenesToursWhether youve just joined the Aquarium
or are a Charter Member, a tour is the
perfect way to enhance your visit and
learn something unexpected about our
exhibits and animals. We have two newtours this year shorter in length and
themed for your special enjoyment.
Feed the Fish New!
Ages: 6 and older
Member Fee: $10; General Public Fee: $1
plus Aquarium Admission
Find out what our exhibit fish eat, peek in
our food rooms, watch a private feeding
the top of the Kelp Forest and help us fee
some fish in this dynamic tour. Offered da
Shark Tour New!Ages: 6 and older
Member Fee: $10; General Public Fee: $1
plus Aquarium Admission
Well introduce you to over a dozen specie
of sharks, skates and rays that call the
Aquarium home, plus share the inside sto
on our great white shark research. Youll
end with a special look at some of our
largest sharks from the top of our Monter
Bay Habitats exhibit. Offered daily.
Summers coming, and for Aquarium members that means more pglimpse at what you can look forward to this summer season. Plea
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ms and more fun for your family and friends to enjoy. Heres ack the attached member calendar for more activities and events.
Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Ages: 6 and older
Member Fee: $10; General Public Fee: $12
plus Aquarium Admission
Follow our guides through the Staff Only
doors and learn what it takes to care for
over 10,000 animals, as well as our ongoing
research on tunas, sea otters and great
white sharks. Offered daily.
Family Tour
All ages allowed
Member Fee: $10; General Public Fee: $12
plus Aquarium Admission
Designed with our youngest visitors in
mind, this interactive tour takes you behind
the scenes with trained naturalists who tell
the stories of our most popular animals.
Hands-on activities make this a great
choice for families with children under 8
years old. Offered daily at 11:30 a.m.
Feeding Frenzy
Ages: 8 and older
Member Fee: $45; General Public Fee: $65
plus Aquarium admission
This is a rare opportunity to interact with
our animals as an aquarist would. Your
morning begins with a private sea otter
feeding and training session. Next youll go
on morning rounds to see where food is
prepared and learn what it takes to be an
aquarist here at the Aquarium. Youll even
have a chance to feed some of our exhibit
animals! Offered most Thursdays and
Sundays from 8:15 to 10:15 a.m.
Personal Guided Tour
Member Fee: $120 for up to six people;
$20 for each additional person
General Public Fee: $144 for up to sixpeople plus Aquarium Admission; $24 for
each additional person
This personalized tour caters to your inter-
ests and provides the ultimate insiders
view of the Aquarium in our galleries and
behind-the-scenes.
SummerDeckPrograms&
LiveTheatricalPresentationsFamily-friendly performances featuring a
dynamic cast will entertain and educate
you and your family.
New this year is an exciting performance
that features fun music, stories, animals,
and one-of-a-kind puppets created espe-
cially for the Aquarium by Chris Green Ki-
netics. These groundbreaking works of art,
made from repurposed and recycled mate-
rials, are unlike anything youve ever seen
before at the Aquarium. Well also be offer-
ing Enough Stuff a crowd favorite that
debuted last summer. This short, comedic
musical highlights the charismatic animals
in our special exhibition, Hot Pink Flamingos.
We also have live theatrical presentations
at various exhibits throughout the day.
You may happen upon a magic show
about seahorses, a character from the
old cannery or a larger-than-life waiter at
the Real-Cost Cafe.
All deck programs and theatrical presenta-
tions are presented live from June 18
through September 5. Check our map for
daily schedules when you arrive.
Eveningsby theBaySpend a leisurely summer evening at the
Aquarium when we extend our hours until
8 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday from
July 2 through September 4. Youll enjoy
live music, food, and wine tasting while
strolling past your favorite exhibits.
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Cooking for Solutions May 20-22
New for 2011: Expanded Lineup
Theres still time to be part of our tenth Cook-
ing for Solutions celebration. For details and
tickets, visit www.cookingforsolutions.org
or call our Sales Center at 866-963-9645.
Cooking for
Solutions Gala
Friday, May 207:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Member Fee: $120
General Public Fee: $150
Enjoy our 10th grand culinary celebration,
with gourmet dishes prepared by celebrity
chefs and 70 outstanding restaurants;
organic and sustainable wines from 60
premium West Coast wineries; and the
return of our popular sushi lounge.
NEW: Coastal Living Pavilion Presentations
Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22
Member Fee: $60 per presentationGeneral Public Fee: $75 per presentation
(includes Aquarium admission)
Youve seen them on television and probably
own all of their books. Now you have an op-
portunity to meet your favorite celebrity per-
sonalities and join one (or more) of these fun
events. Youll laugh, while learning about pro-
tecting the planet during two days of special
presentations and cooking demonstrations
from: The Food Networks Alton Brown and
Robert Irvine; P. Allen Smith, host of several
nationally syndicated gardening programs;
and Nathan Lyon, host of Growing A Greener
World on PBS and other national
television programs.
Sustainable Foods
Celebration
Saturday and Sunday,
May 21-22
10 a.m.to 6 p.m.
Included with regular
Aquarium admission
(free for members)
Learn about sustainable seafood, organicagriculture and sustainable winemaking at
information booths throughout the Aquar-
ium. You can attend cooking demonstrations
and sample sustainable seafood, mingle with
growers and producers, and graze on local
produce and artisan foods at Whole Foods
Bay View Market and Kids Zone.
Special thanks to our lead sponsors:
Were delighted to welcome our new culinaand restaurateur Cindy Pawlcyn who, in co
the Aquariums dining experiences.
WelcomeC
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Cindy Pawlcyn, award-winning chef and
creator of Mustards Grill and other criti-
cally-acclaimed farm-to-table restau-rants in the Bay Area, brings her cooking
philosophy to all aspects of our food
service, including our cafe and restau-
rant and private event catering.
She emphasizes organic, fresh, local
and seasonal ingredients, and wild-caught
and farmed seafood that adheres to the
highest Seafood Watch standards.
I am so pleased with this new par
nership, says Executive Director Julie
Packard. Cindy has an extraordinary
reputation as a chef and an advocate f
sustainable cuisine. Im delighted that
our guests will be treated to dishes tha
reflect her culinary vision.
Cindy is equally enthusiastic abou
the opportunity.
For 25 years, I have loved coming
to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
with family and friends,
she says. I am excited
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Cindys Menus
For chef Cindy Pawlcyn food isnt just sus-
tenance, its full of delicious memories
and stories. The menus Cindy has created
for the Aquariums Cafe and Restaurant
read like a storybook of her culinary ca-
reer, with signature dishes from her well-
established Napa Valley restaurants to
new dishes designed just for us.
Cindys respect for in-
gredients and details is
apparent with just a
glance at the menu:
Hand-torn croutons for
her signature Caesar
salad, carefully sourced seasonal vegeta-
bles in her Really Good Pasta and daily
selections of sustainable fish in her fa-
mous fish tostadas that adhere to the
highest Seafood Watch standards.
But stellar ingredients and great culinary
technique arent the only important ele-
ments of Cindys cooking. Theres a story
behind almost every dish.
Her Mighty Meatloaf, spiked with pi-
quant horseradish barbecue sauce and
served with creamy garlic mashed pota-
toes, is comfort food inspired by two
moms Cindys own mother, and the
mother of Pablo Jacinto, the first chef at
Cindys Backstreet Kitchen. Its a combina-
tion of our moms, and its great! she laughs
Highly opinionated
about clam chowder,
Cindys recipe is inspired
by French fishermens
stews (think lots of rich,
natural clam juices) with
New England ingredients. I dont thicken
it with a roux, I dont believe in that, she
says firmly. I use the potatoes in the soup
to thicken it, which is very traditional.
On your next visit to the restaurant look
for new additions to the menu, including
Cindys savory Mongolian pork chops fea-
turing a hoisin marinade she learned to
make during her travels through northern
China, and a vegan burger that she prom-
ises will be delectable.
ner award-winning Napa Valley chefion with ARAMARK, is managing
dyPawlcyn
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to bring sustainable, locally produced,
farm-to-table foods to enhance the culi-
nary experience of the Aquarium audi-
ence. And, I look forward to working with
farmers, ranchers, fishermen, artisanal
cheese and dairy producers, and purvey-
ors from the Monterey Bay region.
A pioneer in the development of
Wine Country cuisine, Cindy has earned
accolades since she opened the legendary
Mustards Grill more than 25 years ago.
She is also the chef behind Cindys
Backstreet Kitchen and the
West Coast seafood
restaurant, Go Fish.
She has been involved in creating
more than a dozen Bay Area restaurants,
including Fog City Diner, Tra Vigne, Bix,
Roti, Betelnut, Buckeye Roadhouse and,
in Carmel, the Rio Grill. A two-time nomi-
nee for a James Beard Award as Best
California Chef, she earned a Beard
Award for her Mustards Grill Napa Valley
Cookbook, one of her four cookbooks.
Our new executive chef, responsible
for the day-to-day implementation of
Cindys vision, is Jeff Rogers well
known as the former executive chef for
Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel
Valley, and for orchestrating the annual
Masters of Food and Wine, an interna-
tional summit of the worlds best chefs
and winemakers, at Carmel Highlands Inn.We look forward to introducing you
to Cindy and her team at special member
events later this year. In the meantime,
please stop by for a delicious and sus-
tainable meal on your next visit.
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InsideStories
Our new Project White Shark
book gives you insight into our
milestone efforts to exhibit a
white shark and track wild ones.
And the latest Insiders Guide to
the Aquarium coming in July
shares our behind-the-scenes
stories. Both are available in our
Gift & Bookstores.
Check out our Facebook page to fol-
low the adventures of our newest
additions to the African blackfooted
penguin exhibit in Splash Zone.
Hatched on exhibit in January and
February, these young ones are des-
tined to serve very important roles
as education birds.
Android users can now download
the free Seafood Watch app on
their phones. Check out the
Whats New feed and Project
FishMap, a new feature that allows
users to tag ocean-friendly seafood
at more than one million restau-
rants and markets across the
United States.
African blackfooted penguin chickSpheniscus demersus
ProjectWhite Shark
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Welcome the return of the
humpback, fin, minke and blue
whales to Monterey Baythroughout summer and fall.
Whales can be seen right off of
our ocean-view decks, along
with dolphins, sea otters, harbor
seals, sea lions and numerous
seabirds that call the bay home.
Sustainable seafood options now available for Android users. Summer whale migration
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Dont miss MBARIs annual open
house on June 25 from noon to
5 p.m. The event features science
and technology exhibits, deep-sea
videos, robotic submarines, chil-
dren's activities and more. MBARI
staff will be there to share their ex-
citement about the institute's work.
Visit www.mbari.org for details.
Prepare delicious, sustainable
seafood at home using recipes
on our website. Each month well
feature one seafood item with two
original recipes one from one of
the countrys best chefs, the other
from the Aquariums new food
editor Kristine Kidd, who was
Bon Apptit magazines food
editor for 20 years.
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Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpbacks come to
Monterey Bay from April
to December to feed on
schooling fishes and krill.
Scientists learn to recog-
nize individual animals
by the distinctive mark-
ings on their flukes, or
tails, which they raise
high out of the water as
they begin their dive.
It remains a mystery if
male humpbacks sing
in breeding grounds to
attract mates or ward off
rivals. The complex
songs can last up to 20
minutes and be heard for
over 15 miles.
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Thousands of feet below the ocean
surface theres no sunlight, no plant
life and not a whole lot to eat. Most
deep-sea animals eat bits of debris
that sink down from sunlit surface wa-
ters. This debris is known as marine
snow. Despite the pretty name, marine
snow includes stuff like mucus, copepod
feces and the remnants of dead animals
and algae.
Marine biologists used to think that
this slow rain of debris provided a mea-
ger but continuous food supply for deep-
sea animals. However, after 20 years ofresearch, MBARI biologist Ken Smith and
his fellow researchers have discovered
that the amount of marine snow can vary
greatly over time. This can cause big
changes in how many and what types of
animals are found on the deep seafloor.
The amount of marine snow sinking to
the seafloor depends in part on whats
happening at the surface. For example,
each spring, strong northwest winds
along the California coast bring cold, nu-
trient-rich water up to the surface that
fertilizes blooms of microscopic algae
(diatoms). When these diatoms die, they
begin sinking slowly toward the seafloor.
On the way down, the diatoms may be
eaten, excreted, and caught in the mucus
nets of drifting animals. One way or an-
other, the remnants of a diatom bloom
may reach the seafloor months after the
bloom itself. Over time, the fallen marine
snow accumulates to form a soft, gooey
mud carpet at the bottom.
Sea cucumbers, worms and sea urchins
make their living crawling around andslurping up the fallen marine snow. If the
amount of marine snow increases or if
the sinking debris contains just the right
kind of nutrients, some of these deep-sea
animals may grow larger or reproduce
more quickly.
Smiths team observed one of those
population explosions at a study site 140
miles off the California coast, where sea
pigs (a type of small sea cucumber) sud-
denly became 100 times more abundant.
Marine biologists still dont know much
about most deep seafloor animals how
long they live or how often they repro-
duce but they do know that these ani-
mals must adapt to continual changes intheir environment, just like the rest of us.
Kim Fulton-Bennett is a communications
associate for the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute (MBARI).
Scotoplanes, a genus of deep-sea holothurians
(sea cucumbers) are commonly called sea pigs.
Above: marine snow, including a sinking
mucus net.
Mysteriesof theDeep
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Carol Michiko Watanabe loved the
oceans and was passionate about
education. This is why her family de-
cided to honor her memory with a
gift to our Childrens Education Fund.
According to her husband, Maynard, the
Aquarium played an enormous role in
Carols life. When guests would visit and
go to the Aquarium, Carol would say to
them, I could go every day. Carol loved
showing our grandson Ryan all of the ani-
mals and explained their importance to
our Earth. She would play with him at
length in the Splash Zone. They were
fascinated by the jellies, otters and
seahorse exhibit.
In 1985, Carol and Maynard attended an
event for San Jose State University at the
Aquarium, hosted by David Packard.
According to Maynard, That night, just
down from the large kelp forest,
I proposed to Carol. The beautiful
setting just seemed perfect.
The Childrens Education Fund is espe-
cially appropriate to honor Carol because
she saw the Aquarium as the present and
the future. In establishing a family trust
Maynard has also included the Aquarium
as the recipient of a bequest and has
joined our Ocean Legacy Circle in honor
of Carol. In doing so he has ensured that
Carols memory will endure and her love
for the oceans will continue.
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