Around the Pier

February 2008

around the pier

Seeking Fish Foster Parents

Adopt-a-Fish program swims ashore at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

More than 400,000 visitors a year experience the wonders of the ocean at Birch Aquarium at Scripps. To keep its fishes and invertebrates thriving, the aquarium has introduced a new Adopt-a-Fish program that invites participants to become part of the family.

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Alexandrov Awarded Ritter Fellowship

Public Lecture at Scripps Explores History of Soviet Oceanography

The history of Russian oceanography during the Cold War will be the topic of a public presentation on the campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

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Whale Watching Tours Make a Splash

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Teams up With San Diego Harbor Excursion for Eighth Year

Sabine Bradshaw has spent a quarter-century living in San Diego, but this winter she embarked for the first time on one of the city's greatest excursions: whale watching.

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