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What’s NewAnniversary MemoriesOur Next Chapter

SH REM O N T E R E Y B A Y A Q U A R I U M

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For 30 years, we have led the way in the recovery of the southern sea otter.

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The sea was constant

and changeless, like

the very best, most

reliable sort of friend.

– Rosamunde Pilcher

So much of the values that underliehow we approach ocean issues comefrom our original benefactors, Davidand Lucile Packard. From my father,we draw our commitment to science,which underpins everything we do,and to a culture that supports team-work and innovation.

From my mother, we inherit a lovefor children—our recognition that thefuture will be shaped by how well wenurture them and cultivate their tal-ents. She also gave us the vision for a volunteer program that is second tonone, one that enriches the lives ofeveryone it touches: the volunteersthemselves, visiting students andteachers with whom they work, ourguests, and everyone who works here.

It’s a solid foundation that contin-ues to serve us well. It positions us tothink about how we can best make adifference for the ocean—and how toturn our visions into reality.

Creating a new generation of sci-ence-literate young adults, ready tostep forward as ocean leaders, is oneof today’s great challenges. Earlierthis year, we took the first steps to

create a new Ocean Education andLeadership Center in Monterey thatwill have a dramatic impact on scienceeducation in California, and beyond.

We acquired a building to house theCenter, and have begun transformingit into a state-of-the-art learning facil-ity with live animal components aswell as the latest technology for delivering programs on site and tostudents in distant classrooms.

Through the Center, we’ll doublethe number of science teachers wetrain each year, double the number ofteen participants in our successfulyouth programs, and double the num-ber of students whose visiting schoolgroups can participate in facilitatedprograms led by our skilled educators.

It’s a big vision—we must raise $50million to create the Center and fundthe expanded programs. We’re off to a great start. I’m very pleased to an-nounce that we have received a lead-ership gift of $10 million from the S. D.Bechtel, Jr. Foundation. As longtimesupporters of the Aquarium, themembers of the Bechtel family are especially committed to our goal of

shaping new generations of youngadults who are inspired future lead-ers, confident and ready to act on behalf of the future.

Overall, we have over $20 millionalready pledged toward the Center.With your help, I’m confident we willraise the rest of the funds needed todeliver our first programs in the 2016school year.

Thanks to your support for majornew initiatives like our Ocean Educa-tion and Leadership Center, theAquarium’s impact has grown far beyond the Packard family’s originalvision. We’ve accomplished amazingthings in 30 years—and have so muchmore to do. On behalf of our entireteam, thank you for your enduringgenerosity. With your help, we’ll continue to lead the way in redefiningthe public aquarium as a force forconservation.

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J u l i e P a c k a r dExecutive Director

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Each time I reflect on all that the Aquarium has accomplished overthe past 30 years on behalf of a future with healthy oceans, our teamsteps up to deliver yet another remarkable accomplishment and takesour work to a whole new level. Today’s daunting challenges to oceanhealth require nothing less.

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New vision, new direction—and a new chief scientist

A changing ocean and growingthreats make the Aquarium’smission to inspire ocean con-servation more urgent thanwhen we opened 30 years ago.In response, we havespent the past year developing a vision,and a plan, to make apositive difference forthe ocean.

In this anniversaryyear, we are movingahead in several critical areasto ensure healthy oceans. Andwe’re doing so with an outstand-ing new chief scientist, Dr. Brendan Kelly.

Dr. Kelly joins us from theWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wherehe served as assistant directorfor polar sciences. He now man-ages our science programs andpartnerships—including ourwork with sea otters, greatwhite sharks, Pacificbluefin tuna and othericonic species andecosystems found inthe “Blue Serengeti”:the rich waters of theCalifornia Current.

Throughout his distinguishedcareer, Dr. Kelly has been activein marine mammal and climatechange issues. He served asdeputy director of the Arctic division of the National ScienceFoundation and as a researchscientist at NOAA’s NationalMarine Mammal Laboratory,and advised Alaska Native organizations on sea otter andharbor seal management. We’refortunate to have Dr. Kelly onour team as we embark on ournew conservation action plan,

which begins in the MontereyBay, extends throughout theCalifornia Current ecosystem,and across the global ocean.

The Ocean Policy, Conserva-tion Research and SeafoodWatch teams will work togetherto help improve worldwide fish-ing and aquaculture practices,

achieve lasting govern-ment reforms, protectthreatened species andocean ecosystems, andeliminate illegal tradein ocean wildlife.

Conservation Researchwill further our under-

standing of ocean wildlife—including sea otters, sharks andbluefin tuna—and the ecosys-tems they depend on. Our ex-panded Ocean Policy team willwork with strategic partners toadvance our ocean conserva-tion efforts and encourage anew generation of ocean con-servation leadership in Sacra-mento and Washington, DC.Seafood Watch’s growing col-laborations—with businesses,

top chefs, scientistsand conservation part-ners across NorthAmerica—will help ususe the influential U.S.seafood market to shiftglobal seafood produc-

tion and operations in moreocean-friendly directions.

Over the past 30 years, the Aquarium has become a respected and influential playerin the ocean conservationmovement. With a new vision,and a new strategic plan, we have a clear path toward shaping a future with healthyoceans. I look forward to yoursupport in these efforts, and to sharing our progress in the months to come.

Taking Action for the Oceans

Margaret Spring is our Vice Presidentof Conservation and Science

Starry flounder – Platic

Adult starry floun-ders have a pair ofdeep, compressed, almost diamond-shaped eyes on eitherthe left or right sideof their head. Youngflatfishes have eyes onopposite sides of theirhead. But after a fewweeks, one eye slowlymigrates until botheyes are on the sameside, which can beeither left or right.

Alternating yellowor orange and blackbars on its fins makethe starry flounderone of the most easilyrecognized of Cali-fornia’s flatfishes.

Flounders canchange the color of their top skin tomatch their sur-roundings. Theirsometimes blotchyunderside is usually white tocreamy white.


The Coolest Animals You’ve Never Seen

From the vampire squid to theflapjack octopus, deep-seacephalopods come in an amazingvariety of shapes and sizes. Yetfew humans have seen themalive—until now.

This summer we put them onexhibit for the first timein our Tentacles specialexhibition, in collabora-tion with our partner in-stitution, the MontereyBay Aquarium ResearchInstitute (MBARI).

“MBARI has some of the bestdeep-sea biologists in the world,”says Aquarist Bret Grasse. “Andthey’ve been working with theseanimals for years. They’re greatat finding and collecting deep-seaanimals, and we’re good at keep-ing them alive and sharing themwith the public.”

But the team still faces significant challenges to successfully exhibit such extraordinary animals.

The first is to find theanimals. Enter StephanieBush, postdoctoral fellowat MBARI and expert ondeep-sea cephalopods.She combed throughMBARI’s database ofROV (remotely operated vehicle)dives, looking for locations inMonterey Canyon where deep-sea octopuses and squid werelikely to be found.

“Many of these creatures are not rare in the deep sea,”she says. “They’re just rarely collected.”

The next challenge is keepingthe animals alive after they reachthe surface.

“We do the best we can toreplicate an animal’s natural envi-ronment,” says Bret. “In this case,we used data on oxygen concen-trations, water temperature andsalinity collected by MBARI’sROVs to help us figure out whatconditions the animals need.”

To feed the deep-sea animals,the team looked at studies of

the gut contents of dis-sected animals. MBARIresearchers recently discovered that vampiresquid use a sticky fila-ment to collect “marinesnow.” To replicate this,

our aquarists blended chilled seawater, fish eggs, krill and bitsof moon jelly, creating a slurrythey gave to the vampire squid insquirts from a turkey baster.

But our aquarists also have tofigure out how to exhibit the ani-mals. Inevitably, they are exposedto light (even though the exhibitis in a dimmed room) and occasional camera flashes (even though we prohibit this), as well as noise and vibrations

from people.In some cases, deep-

sea cephalopods only remain on exhibit for afew days at a time be-fore being returned to adark, quiet tank behind

the scenes. As Bret says, “We’realways balancing the public’s desire to see these animals with what we think is best for the animals.”

Overall, it’s been an amazingcollaboration—with an important benefit.

“We’re inspiring a lot of peopleto care about the deep sea,” saysBret. “It’s an area we rarely see,but it’s the largest habitat on Earth.”

Animal Tales hthys stellatus

You can learn more on the Exhibit Update pages of our website.

Starries prefer brack-ish water, and arecommonly found onsandy or muddy seafloors from northernAlaska to southernCalifornia. They feedon invertebrates andsmall fishes, ambush-ing their prey by lyingstill while camou-flaged to match theirbackground, thenstriking quickly.

The top skin of astarry flounder isdark brown orblack and veryrough, due to aspattering ofraised, star-shaped scales.

Our current educa-tion facilities includetwo small classroomsand occasional use ofour auditorium. Wedon’t have dedicatedarrival and orienta-

tion areas for the 650 schoolchildren whovisit daily. Nor do we have the capacity toexpand our programs, even though manyof them have a waiting list.

Now—with your help—these programswill grow in size and impact, in a brand-new home.

We’ve acquired two buildings on Can-nery Row, a short walk from the Aquar-ium, that will be the future home of astate-of-the-art Ocean Education and

Leadership Center.There, we will stepup our focus on providing innovativeand highly interactiveeducation programsfor youth and teach-

ers—the kind that California needs tosupport future generations of environ-mentally aware and science-literate young people.

“We’re thrilled to embark on this excit-ing and important project,” says ExecutiveDirector Julie Packard. “Our next step isto raise $50 million to make it a reality.With the help of a generous lead gift from

the S.D. Bechtel, Jr.Foundation, we’veraised $20 millionso far, allowing usto get started. I’mconfident that ourwonderful commu-

nity of donors and friends will embracethis vision as enthusiastically as we doand help us raise the remaining funds we need.”

The Aquarium is playing an increasinglycritical role at a time when the capacity todeliver 21st century science learning is onthe decline in schools. We’re creating theOcean Education and Leadership Centeras a way to make a significant contribu-tion throughout California—and beyond.

ANewOceanEducation


Each year, nearly 80,000 schoolchildren and teachers bene our hallmark for the past 30 years.e demand grows each

“We have a crisis inscience and environ-mental educationright now,” Julie says.“Society’s success willdepend on today’syoung people having

the knowledge, skills and motivation tocreate solutions to very complex problems.”

The new Center will double the numberof school groups that participate in pro-grams led by our skilled educators. It willalso feature Science, Technology, Engi-neering and Math (STEM) learning labswith interactive technology that engagesand inspires. And we’ll double the numberof teachers we reach through our profes-sional development programs. More than

1,200 educators will take part in programs designedto help them deliverecosystem-basedscience learning intheir school districts.

We’re working with the award-winningSan Francisco architectural firm, Mark Cavagnero Associates, to create the newCenter. In addition to its focus on cultural,education and civic projects, the firm spe-cializes in creative solutions for “adaptivereuse” and is widely recognized for its sustainable building practices.

With help fromyou—our mostloyal supporters—we expect to openthe Center for the fall 2016 school year.

Our next chapter starts now. Won’t you join us?

We are raising $50 million to make ournew Ocean Education and LeadershipCenter a reality. To make your gift to ourChildren’s Education Fund today, pleasecall our Development office at 800-840-4880. Thank you for your generous support.

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fit from the free visits and school programs that have been year, and we’re stepping up to meet the challenge.


1989We assist in the rescueand care of several seaotter pups following theExxon Valdez oil spill.

1986Leonard Nimoy andthe cast and crew of“Star Trek IV: e

Voyage Home” visit.

1984On opening day,

October 20, more than10,000 visitors passthrough the doors.

1988 “Whalefest” makes asplash as our very firstspecial exhibition. Wewere the first aquariumto create and maintaina changing special exhibition program.

1990The 9-foot, 10-inch sevengill shark “Emma”makes her debut in the Monterey Bay Habitats exhibit.

In celebration of our 30th anniversa favorite memories from the past thre

30 YEARS OF MA

2000We open our family-oriented Splash Zonegalleries, which hold thedistinction of being thefirst “children’s museuminside an aquarium.”

1999Our Seafood Watchprogram debuts. It now influencesseafood purchasing decisions at more than 100,000 locations in North America.

2001A colorful mantisshrimp nicknamed“Sparky” creates an international mediasensation, with suchflashy headlines as“Killer Shrimp Stalksthe Waterways of Aquarium Exhibit.”

2001 The inaugural

“Cooking for Solutions”celebration debuts.

20A young f white shark Sea exhibi longest-sur white shark an aquariu almost a m


1994Working with StanfordUniversity’s Hopkins Ma-rine Station, we establishthe Tuna Research andConservation Center tostudy Atlantic and Pacificbluefin tunas, which wealso feature in our Open

Sea exhibit.

1999We open the largest living deep-sea specialexhibition in the

world, featuring over50 species. Mysteriesof the Deep is the result of a 10-year collaboration with our research partner,the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

1998Vice President Al Gorevisits the Aquarium.He and President Bill Clinton hosted a National Ocean Conference in Monterey to help

shape a comprehensive national ocean policy.

1996The million-gallonOpen Sea exhibit, for-merly known as theOuter Bay, opens. It ishome to many visitorfavorites, includingocean sunfish, bluefintunas, sea turtles, flash-ing schools of sardinesand the occasional juvenile white shark.

ary in October, here are some of our ee decades. What are yours?

AGIC MOMENTS

2013Researchers from the

Aquarium and local andnational organizationslaunch a three-year studyto understand how sea otters use Elkhorn Slough,and how they might beaffected by pollution in that habitat.

2012We celebrate hosting 2 million students since our opening

who had participatedin our free visits and education programs for schoolchildren.

2011California GovernorJerry Brown signs an Aquarium-sponsoredbill that bans the sharkfin trade in the state.Other states followwith their own lawsbanning the cruel anddeadly practice.

2006The arrival of

Makana, the Laysan albatross, helps us raisepublic awareness aboutthe threats facing seabirds

across the Pacific.

004 female great k in the Open t becomes the

rviving great k ever kept at

um, and drew illion visitors.

1992The Monterey Bay National MarineSanctuary is created, a process initiatedthrough a raisedawareness inspired by the Aquarium.

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What’s it like

to explore

the deep

sea from its

depths?

A very

cool experi-

ence awaits

on November 22 when the

remodeled “Mission to the Deep”

exhibit opens, highlighting the

valuable work of our partners

at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Research Institute (MBARI).

A 360-degree video projection

of the Monterey Canyon will im-

merse you in a virtual underwater

world and set the stage to explore

three facets of MBARI’s work:

deep-sea exploration, technology

and research.

Overhead, a scale model of

MBARI’s remotely operated vehi-

cle (ROV) Doc Ricketts shines its

spotlight across the virtual

canyon wall. Narrated videos

highlight mesmerizing deep-sea

animals, and the new technologi-

cal tools and techniques that

After 12 years of

research, our jelly biolo-

gists have mapped the

elusive life cycle of the

stunning flower hat jelly

(Olindias formosus),whose

life cycle has been a

mystery for more than

100 years.

“We’re thrilled to dis-

cover the life cycle of the

flower hat jelly, which you

can see in The Jellies Expe-

rience,” said Senior Aquar-

ist Wyatt Patry. “Our team

succeeded through collab-

oration, diligence and a bit

of good luck.”

Our discovery could lead

to predicting dangerous

jelly “blooms” in the wild.

The flower hat jelly packs a

powerful sting, enabling it

to kill and eat fish—and

harm humans. Blooms of

hundreds or thousands of

these jellies off Japan and

Brazil have resulted in in-

juries to many beachgoers

and at least one death,

Wyatt said.

Our work to understand

the life cycle began in

2002 during the Jellies:

Living Art special exhibi-

tion. That team was the

first to successfully exhibit

flower hat jellies in the

United States and culture

fertilized eggs and larvae.

The current team’s ini-

tial breakthrough occurred

with a redesigned exhibit

that let flower hat jellies

capture and eat live fish

and kept them away from

debris on the bottom.

Special blue lighting in

the exhibit was the next

breakthrough, as flower

hat jellies are fluorescent.

About six months after

putting flower hat jellies on

exhibit, Patry noticed two

previously unseen stages

of their life cycle—polyps

and baby jellies.

“I was only able to see

them because they are

fluorescent, like the

adults,” Patry said. “We

worked with the polyps

to refine the ideal food

and temperature require-

ments for them to produce

more babies.”

Nature’s Fireworks: We Discover the Flower Hat

Jelly Life Cycle

Explore the DeepSea in

b a r r e l e y eMacrop inna mi cro s t omia

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In 2005, actor Paul

Walker helped us celebrate

World Oceans Day, sharing

his personal connection

with the ocean.

In June, Paul’s daughter,

Meadow Walker, was with

us on another World

Oceans Day weekend

as we presented our

inaugural Paul Walker

Ocean Leadership Award

to Marisa Miller—a Santa

Cruz native, supermodel,

actress and surfer.

Like Paul, she is a

passionate advocate

for healthy oceans.

A week later, we

presented a second Paul

Walker Ocean Leadership

award to singer and phi-

lanthropist Jack Johnson

during our 30th Anniver-

sary Celebration of the

Ocean. Paul’s brothers

Cody and Caleb were

part of the event, which

benefitted our Children’s

Education Fund.

Both honorees ex-

pressed their gratitude

for the award, and their

appreciation for Paul’s

ocean advocacy.

“This is really one of

the honors of my life to

be acknowledged by the

Monterey Bay Aquarium,”

Jack said.

“I’d like to say how

humbled I am to receive

this award from Paul’s

family,” Marisa said. “Paul’s

love for the ocean and

efforts to help protect it

have always been a huge

inspiration to me.”

We also recognized one

of our Teen Conservation

Leaders, Ailis Dooner, with

our first Youth Award. Ailis’

research found that mole-

cules inside the cells of sea

anemones and seaweed

have the potential to

protect human DNA from

the development of lung

cancer—earning interna-

tional recognition in a

youth science competition.

We’re so proud to work

with the Walker family, and

proud of the contributions

that Jack, Marisa and Ailis

are making to a future with

healthy oceans.

Jack Johnson, Marisa Miller Honored with Ocean Leadership Awards

MBARI researchers use to explore

this alien environment.

“We start with the animals, but

go from there to show how

MBARI is monitoring the pulse of

the ocean, and its incredible—and

fragile—biodiversity,” says

Exhibit Developer Raúl Nava.

“We can’t protect it if we don’t

know what’s down there.”

In the center of the room, inter-

active modules let visitors take

command of a simulated ROV

dive. You’ll control the dive, and

you can stop at different

depths to learn more about

nearby animals or the

research equipment.

Each experience features

compelling information about

ocean conservation, as illumi-

nated through the data collected

by MBARI researchers—from

climate change and marine

debris, to water quality and

emerging ocean issues.

Dive into this new permanent

exhibit when it opens later

this year.

Our New MBARI Exhibit

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This summer we exhibited a new species, the coconut octo-pus, in Tentacles. This speciesmakes a home from a variety ofobjects at its disposal, includingold cans, bottles, boots, shells—and coconuts.

The newest feathered friends to

join our flock came by way of the

Florida Aquarium. Welcome the

male and female red knots, shore-

birds that sustained wing injuries

in the wild but found a new home

in our aviary.

Sea Otters, our latest book, is a

great guide to understanding our

sea otter programs. Take a look

behind the scenes and learn how

we aid in the recovery of the

southern sea otter in the wild.

Our fifth African blackfooted penguin

chick hatched in late spring. “Rey”

was cared for by its parents, Karoo

and Messina, in their Splash Zone

home. The trio eventually moved

behind the scenes for a few months

until the chick grew large enough to

rejoin the colony.

Inside Stories

r e d k n o t Calidr i s canutus

The new Ocean Wonders:

Inside the Monterey Bay

Aquarium DVD—now available

in the Gift and Bookstore—showcases our most popular

exhibits and animals in Super

HD video, and features an

educational narrative.

You can visit us virtually inGoogle Maps Street View! We’rethe first aquarium on the iconicsite with a virtual tour from insideout and outside in, joining otherprominent natural wonders, architectural landmarks and museums around the world.

Pacific sea nettleChrysaora fuscescens

Glowing orange Pacificsea nettles floating ina beautiful blue exhibitare one of the iconicimages of MontereyBay Aquarium. Some-times small cancercrabs hitch a ride onthe jellies; they mayalso be feeding ontheir host.

Pacific sea nettles aredrifters, but also effec-tive hunters. When its long tentaclestouch prey, powerfulstinging cells quicklyparalyze its meal,eventually moving itup frilly mouth-armsand then into itsmouth to be digested.


F rom toys to tires, many of the objectswe buy each day are shipped here oncontainer ships. But did you know that

those ships lose thousands of containerseach year? And most of these containerseventually sink to the deep seafloor?

In 2004, researchers from the MontereyBay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)found a lost shipping container on theseafloor in the outer part of the MontereyBay National Marine Sanctuary, about4,200 feet below the surface. After lookingup the tracking numbers on the outsideof the container, employees from theSanctuary discovered it was just one of 15 that had washed off a ship during a storm earlier that year.

In 2011, MBARI and the Sanctuary usedMBARI’s robotic submersibles to video-tape animal life on and collect samples ofseafloor sediment around the container.They published their findings earlier this year.

As you might expect, the hard surface of the container acted like a rocky reef,attracting animals such as tubeworms,scallops, snails and tunicates. However,some animals found on nearby rockyreefs, including sponges, soft corals and crinoids (a distant relative of seastars), were absent.

MBARI researchers plan further study to figure out if these animals are justslower to colonize new habitat, or wereaffected by toxic materials in the con-tainer’s coating.

The container also affected local bottomcurrents and formed a high spot on theseafloor that attracted predators. Suchsecondary ecological effects could takeyears or decades to fully develop.

Perhaps because the seawater at thesedepths is cold and contains relatively lit-tle oxygen, the container has corrodedvery little in the 10 years since it sank. Infact, the researchers believe it might

take hundreds of years to fully degrade.This suggests that such containers areaccumulating on the deep seafloor, especially along busy shipping lanes.

By documenting for the first time the effects of a lost shipping container, thiscollaborative research has brought tolight a little-known problem. In response,several government agencies are work-ing on new standards for how shippingcontainers are weighed, stacked and secured. It has also spurred interest inboth government and industry sectorsto determine exactly how many of thesecontainers are lost at sea each year.

Kim Fulton-Bennett is a communicationsassociate for the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute (MBARI), www.mbari.org.

Mysteries of the Deep

A sea anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia) attached to the side of a shippingcontainer. An unidentified anemone is attached as well.

Shells from the gastropod (Neptunea amianta) litter the seafloor near a shipping container lost just outside of Monterey Bay.


thanks

Thank YouOur Ocean Legacy Circle honors the 344 donors whohave designated gifts to theAquarium through their es-tate plans. Their contributionsinclude bequests, remaindertrusts, designations of 401kretirement plans and insur-ance policies. We are verygrateful to the followingdonors for allowing us to recognize them and theircommitment to a future with healthy oceans.

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Howard SchopmanMr. and Mrs. Gus NortonMr. and Mrs. Bobby NunesKevin and Bea OlsenBrigitte and Paul OlsonAnthony Onorati and

Brian BenamatiRussell S. Orten and

Catherine G. OrtenSharon OsbergDuncan and Robin OwenJulie PackardThomas W. PagePatti ParksLorraine ParmerKaren PatchenMrs. Jeanne E. PauleyLauren and Anders PettersonAlan Pomatto and

Alison Jones-PomattoWilliam PonderDeborah Port and

Michael HeymannJane PrzeslicaElton Linwood PufferAlan D. RammerPaul and Yuanbi RamsayGary and Ellen RauhDon and Dorothy ReinkeJames P. RhemerJeffrey M. RiceBob and Betty RicksDennis W. RiddleJoan La Marr RoachCraig and Laurel RobertsonNick and Sian RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Phillip RobidouxJack and Doreen RothJoan RoudenbushKim Rubin and Jan HollanderRobert RyonJeannette SaporitoMichael ScharfensteinFrank and Denise SchiavoneKay SchroerJeanine SchryerJeanette B. SechristGlenn Seiler and Pamela KearbyLinda Hiebert SekiguchiLarry and Shirley SelzleMr. and Mrs. Alfred SharpAnn SheehanKathy ShieldsJohn and Donna Shoemaker

Al and Joyce SieglingMr. and Mrs. Jack M. Sikorski

and FamilyC. Diane SilvaManuel C. SimasLouis R. SiposJulie D. SmithJohn S. and

Jacqueline A. SpauldingMark, Suzanne, Rachael and

Erin SpradleyJeanne SpragueBarbara and Douglas SprengJerilyn StalfordMarilyn A. SteinhartMyra and James SteinwinderCynthia A. StephensonJennifer Stern and

Jeffrey PughMr. and Mrs. Thomas H.

Stratton Jr.Dr. Charles A. and

Mrs. Carol L. Sweet Jr.Kathleen Talbert-HillScott and Patricia TeafordMichelle D. Terry and

Samuel W. TerryAnne and Peter ThorpEarl D. ThorpTerri TienkenElaine TobosaRussell R. TrippVan Tunstall and

Susan ChurchillJohn H. TylerDonna Van DiepenCynthia L. VernonJeff and Dana WagnerHarold and Wanda WakeMr. and Mrs. Chance WalesPamela J. WangsnessMr. and Mrs. James WatanabeDavid K. Watson and

Karen L. KortlanderDavid and Doris WeindorfLarry D. WellingSkip Wickiser and

Liza HorvathCynthia K. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. John A. WilliamsChristen and Edward WiseRoger Wolf and Joann JohnsonEd WongDoug Wood and

Laura Burns-WoodPamela WoottenKaren and Henry WorkChunlin Xue and Bin Yan

If you have named the Aquarium in your estate plan, please let usknow so we may personallythank you and welcome youinto the Ocean Legacy Circle.

Contact Mary Mullen [email protected] or 831-648-4913.

Ocean Legacy Circle

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This summer, I wrote to all of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s members asking you to join me as an OceanLegacy Circle donor. Many of you responded, and I want to thank you

again for your meaningful commitment by designating a gift to the Aquarium in your estate plan. Your future gift willdo so much to protect the oceans for generations to come.

My love for animals, and especially sea otters, led me to the Aquarium nearly 30 years ago, and I’m proud to havesupported its work since the beginning. Your journey may have been different, but we share a common bond inour dedication to make a brighter future possible for theoceans, the animals, and for all of us.

If you share this belief and haven’t yet joined the OceanLegacy Circle, please take a moment today to tell the Aquarium that you have named them in your estate plan.It’s so important that we hear from you. To learn more,please contact Mary Mullen, Vice President of Gift Planning, at 831-648-4913 or [email protected].

Best regards,

Betty WhiteMonterey Bay Aquarium Charter Member and Ocean Legacy Donor

credits:Ann Caudle (illustrations: 4-5, 8-9), Bill Curtsinger/National Geographic Image Collection (2), Courtesy ofBrendan Kelly (4 top and bottom), MBARI (5 bottom,10-11, 14), Monterey Bay Aquarium (6-7, 8-9) Tom O’Neal(3), Tyson Rininger/Monterey Bay Aquarium (5 top, 10 right bottom, 11 right), Danielle Rosenberg/MontereyBay Aquarium (13), Ed Rotberg (cover), Edna Smith (9left center), Amy Jo Snyder (10 center ), Randy Tunnell(11 center), Randy Wilder/Monterey Bay Aquarium (10left, 12 top left, center and right bottom), Courtesy ofBetty White (16).

Calendar:Tyson Rininger/Monterey Bay Aquarium (cover), Caren Alpert Photography, Phillip Colla, Kris Ingram,Monterey Bay Aquarium, Debra Naeve, Randy Tunnell,Randy Wilder.

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