Aquarium....Brother....?

What's up everyone, so for the last two years my oldest brother Remy has been working on designing a new aquarium to go up to replace the old one in Morro Bay. Crazy right? He's the first freshman in college to ever have their design chosen. I'm so proud and who knows, maybe I will be working in it someday. Or I'll at least go and see it. (P.S.- Remy made all these model scenes in the pictures himself!!)

A hall with walls that move with the
aquariums for a more realistic feel.

Ocean view with floor to ceiling 
windows with beams on ceiling.

                         

Entrance to aquarium, with a creative exterior.

  The aquarium will focus on more educational purposes and will begin being built by 2018. It will advocate preservation of the natural environment for marine life in Morro Bay. It will add to the many aquariums we can observe and learn from around our country and possibly near you. The link to the page where I got the images as well as an article going deeper into it will be write here in bold: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article39477597.html

My Time at the Marine Mammal Center!

                   

I've wanted to post about this for a while now and the time has come (yeah)! So a few months back during the summer I drove out to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito with my mom to experience what's it's like in a real mammal rehabilitation center. It was so much bigger than I first thought, but I mean the place has to be large to house so much marine life. They had several different species of seals and sea lions there from all ages. I got a tour, to see them feed and care for the pups, and even caught a glimpse of them loading and leaving for a release. It was all quite exhilarating and a relization at the same time. They have so much work to do in preserving the environment and saving the lives of seals and other marine life.

A seal sculpture made of trash found on beaches in Sausalito.

I know it sounds like I only favor seals but don't fret, I will soon tell of my upcoming trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where I'll interact with all sorts of sea life. See you soon.

My Blog!

Hello, everyone, my name is Joelle from Northern California and this is my official start-up of my new blog all about marine biology.  Here I'll talk about what's going on around the world that has to do with marine biology. If you saw my last post you know what I mean. I read up on all the related news and talk about my opinion and view on it. I also try to interest others and get important topics out there. There are so many other blogs about this topic too that I follow as well. The picture above depicts why I'm really doing this, but it goes deeper than what you see, like with all things in life. I want to be a marine biologist because it's a field I love to study. 

                            

I haven't always known I wanted to do or be this, but over time I saw jow much I truly love the field of marine biology. At first I was just fascinated with the diversity of marine life. Scientists still believe we have ten of thousands of more sea-life species yet to be discovered. I was just a little kid who'd go swimming in lakes and at the beach. I was swimming once in Lake Tahoe and I saw this fish; the first live one in water ever, and it just sat there while I looked at it until I eventually had to come up for air.When I came back down it was gone, but I gazed over the vast expansion of water and wondered what else what out there waiting for me to explore it. I made a promise to myself that I was going to find out.

                                 

I began to look into it, and I liked it more and more everyday. From then I started volunteering at marine centers and researching on everyday marine biology news. Every time I find out new info about anything related to marine biology, it makes me want to go out and see it myself. Hopefully, I get to see and work with marine life like this snail and other fascinating creatures one day. I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I do and I will try to post as often as I can!

Growing Sick Seal Problem

 

A group of malnourished seals amongst a healed one at the marine Mammal Center.

Over the last two years, I've become aware and have joined in the effort to stop the increasing number of harbor and fur seals washing up along California. These seals come in weak, malnourished, sick, and often less than a year old. Sanctuaries such as the Marine Mammal Center and Monterey Bay Aquarium take the pups in, but they only have so much room in their facilities. I recently drove up to the Marine Mammal Center and got to watch what they do along with help out (will post about that soon).