Aquarium Of The Pacific

The aquarium's conservation work extends across the institution including the husbandry teams, veterinary services, education department and volunteer services. In 2024 the aquarium continued its mountain yellow-legged frog, white abalone, and sea otter surrogacy programs by releasing individuals to their native habitats. The sunflower sea star program expanded with a formal partnership across the state. Aquarium staff responded to emergency events including rehabilitating and releasing three injured sea turtles.see schedule o for continuation the education department of the aquarium of the pacific strives to ignite interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) by providing opportunities for people of all ages, interests, and backgrounds to wonder, explore, discover, and learn. We do this through programs onsite, online, and in the community. In 2024, the department reached approximately 159,000 people.- 76% were with onsite programs including school programs, whale watches, and public programs- 21% were with engagements offsite in the community such aquarium on wheels, tabling at festivals, and community science programs- 3% were through our virtual programming including paid virtual field trips and free weekly aquarium online academy