Maryland Aquarium Unveils New Conservation Center, Expanding Research

Posted On: September 2, 2010

The National Aquarium is set Thursday to unveil its new Conservation Center, established to focus the institution’s work in marine conservation and research, and to expand its scope to a national and global stage.

In cooperation with scientists at aquariums and universities here and across the country, the center’s researchers are already at work tracking contaminants from the BP oil well blowout, and studying threatened eagle rays. The center will also dedicate itself to the study and protection of dolphins and other small marine mammals, and advocate for an end to the collection of these species from the wild for display.

The Conservation Center has begun to provide funding for research in cooperation with scientists at institutions such as the New England Aquarium in Boston, the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla., and the University of Maryland Center of Marine Biotechnology.

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