documented the process as the team, including Seattle Aquarium's VP of Conservation Programs & Partnerships, , took a major step towards restoring the zebra shark population in the wild. 🦈
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Meet Charlie 👋
He was born in Australia, raised in a nursery in Indonesia, and is now living in marine-protected waters.
Why? To help restore the endangered Indo-Pacific leopard shark population in the wild.
How? Read all about it 👇
bit.ly/3KdSzkK
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☎️ Call the toll-free hotline at (800) 562-6000 (TTY for hearing impaired [800] 833-6388) between 8am and 7pm M-F to leave a message for all three of your legislators at once, or find their email addresses here: bit.ly/3iSJS1s
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🐟 The Salmon Recovery Funding Board
🐟 The Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration Program
🐟 The Riparian Grant Program
🐟 And related programs that support community efforts.
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Every year a lack of funding stalls most salmon recovery projects and, so far this year, the legislature has proposed less funding than in years past. Now is the time to change that! 🗣️
If you live in WA, please email or call your legislators to ask for more funding for:
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Our policy team has been hard at work this legislative session! Recently, they helped pass HB 1085, to reduce single-use plastics, and SB 5104, to require and fund a shoreline habitat survey to better inform restoration action. There's still more work to be done, though 👇
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Join us for Lightning Talks: Jellies on Thursday,5/18 at 6pm PST! Our 5 guest speakers will each take a 5-minute dive into the jiggly world of jellies at this free virtual event. Don’t miss it!
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Special shoutout to HB 1085's sponsor and champion, , for helping us take this significant step to tackle plastic pollution in Washington.
Read more about HB 1085 at the link below 🔗
#PlasticFreeWa #WildlifeOverWaste #WALeg
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We are happy to celebrate #WALeg passing HB 1085! 🥳
This bill will:
♻️ Reduce single-use plastic water bottles.
📦 Phase out the use of small plastic containers, wrappers, and packaging for personal care items at lodging establishments.
🌊 Reduce plastic foam in the ocean.
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There’s a new book for kids ages 8–12+ about the amazing southern resident orcas, and it’s written by , who leads our ocean policy program! Superpod comes out tomorrow. Read more about it on our blog!
seattleaquarium.org/blog/superpod-
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Head to our blog to learn more about the winners and our testing process!
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⚗️ Test results were written into a final report and delivered to the prize’s scientific & technical advisory board—which included our own Vice President of Conservation Programs & Partnerships Dr. Erin Meyer—& team of judges, who determined the winners.
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Our new Clean Seas Research Lab used first-of-its-kind modeling designed to approximate the effect of the materials on the health and well-being of marine mammals, specifically gray whales, if the materials were ingested. In other words: we were able to simulate a gray whale gut!
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🐋 Now, you may be thinking, “You’re feeding whales plastic film alternatives?!? That can’t be safe!” But there’s more to the story.
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🌊 Our testing was primarily focused on biological degradation, to better understand how the materials behave in both the temperate marine environment & an organism’s internal environment (i.e. in an animals' stomach) if they aren’t disposed of properly & end up in the ocean.
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Testing was conducted at 2 sites: the Seattle Aquarium and the University of Georgia’s New Materials Institute.
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🔬 After finalists were selected last spring, 8 companies submitted their thin-film plastic alternatives for testing to determine which would meet both consumer needs & undergo quick, safe degradation in environmental conditions.
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🏆 The Plastic Innovation Prize powered by recently announced the winners of their global competition to develop a scalable and biologically degradable alternative to thin-film plastic polybags.
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Remember to spot SEAlebrities Polka and Dot in our Pacific Coral Reef habitat on your next visit to the Aquarium! seattleaquarium.org/buy/tickets
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Because of their unusual anatomy, they aren’t the fastest swimmers. But they have another tool in their survival “box”—when threatened, they excrete poisonous mucus through their skin which disperses through the surrounding water to ward off or even kill potential predators.
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Whitespotted boxfish are well-named, with bodies that look...downright boxy!
This is because inside those bodies is an actual box made of thickened & fused scale plates. Only their fins, tails, eyes & mouths protrude from this structure while their organs are protected inside.
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"If we can do it with this species, we can do it with others.” - Dr. Erin Meyer, our director of conservation programs and partnerships
Learn more about our work w/ & hear about what it was like to release two baby zebra sharks in Raja Ampat.
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Happy International Children's Book Day! There's no better time to preorder Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest by , the Seattle Aquarium's Senior Ocean Policy Manager.
Preorder your copy today:
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Planting native trees and shrubs helps benefit salmon throughout their life cycle. Consider joining a restoration event or add some native plants to your own local green space. For more ways to help salmon and the habitats we all share visit our website!
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Their new found skill will help them to hunt for insects that fall off of trees and plants into the river as well as those that live in the water. Yum! After all that hard work, fry will look for large trees in the river that create safe places for resting.
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After absorbing their nutritious yolk sac and making their way to the surface for a big gulp of air to fill their swim bladder, these young salmon, now known as fry, are ready to swim! 🐟
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The team shares their diligent planning efforts and their excitement about the role each animal will play in Ocean Pavilion ecosystems.
Check it out! 🌊
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In the first three episodes, our team begins to move animals from the existing Aquarium piers to the Animal Care Center.
This center is also the future home of our work to recover endangered species, research microplastics pollution and help rehabilitate stranded sea turtles.🐢
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As our Ocean Pavilion rises along the waterfront, we’re welcoming & caring for its future residents in our state-of-the-art offsite Animal Care Center!
Check out Animal Care Stories, our new series that offers a behind the scenes look at this process 👇
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Caring Cove was recently featured in an article by !
"As I contemplated a young girl gently bandaging a sea star’s arm...it felt like the little seeds of sea stewardship were already starting to sprout," writes Natasha Dillinger.
Read more:
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This will help limit the need for new materials that may be sourced through harmful practices like seabed mining.
If you live in Washington, call your senator today using the toll-free hotline at 800-562-6000 and ask them to pass HB 1392. ☎️
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The Fair Repair Act (HB 1392) will expand affordable and accessible electronic repair choices, reducing e-waste from discarded devices like cell phones so people can keep using them instead of buying new ones. #WALeg
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