MONTEREY – After over 40 years at the helm of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Julie Packard announced ... both in and out of the state to end the shark fin trade, ban microplastic beads in personal ...

Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has ... exhibition and release of great white sharks; the reintroduction of orphaned Southern ...

MONTEREY – A group of approximately 30 Monterey Bay Aquarium employees Tuesday announced their campaign to unionize in order, they said, to build a workplace that reflects the Aquarium’s core ...

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the past 40 years,” Packard said. “When our founders first envisioned an aquarium focused on the marine life of ...

MONTEREY, Calif., Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Julie Packard, who shaped the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a global leader in ocean conservation, marine life exhibits, and environmental education ...

The "Open Sea" exhibit best exemplifies how special the massive Monterey Bay Aquarium is. Sea turtles, stingrays, sharks, jellyfish and schools of fish have thousands of gallons of water to ...

According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website, the bay is currently host to about 3,000 otters. Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, with up to one million hairs per square inch.

Since then, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has exploded in popularity ... including great white sharks, advocated for environmental laws, and created a “Seafood Watch” program used by millions ...