OCEANARIUM GULFPORT MS FREE

OCEANARIUM GULFPORT MS FREE

Admission is free and open to the public and refreshments will be provided.įor more information, contact Adrienne McPhaul at 228.214.3467 or adrienne.mcphaul at usm dot edu. This event offers those with minimal background in science the chance to meet and discuss scientific issues in a relaxed social setting. Science Café on the Coast is a collaboration of The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Library, Harrison County Library System, Long Beach Public Library, Hancock County Library System and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston. Today he administrates the Mississippi Institute of Dolphin Science. Siegel participated with the rescue of the Marine Life Oceanarium dolphins after hurricane Katrina and was involved with the Katrina dolphin rehabilitation, transport and acclimation at their new home, Paradise Island in the Bahamas. He was the first person in America to establish a wild dolphin interaction program and later developed the first dolphin interaction program at Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Masters of Science in Coastal Science from The University of Southern Mississippi. The seas lions, Splash and Elliot escape from the. Siegel has accumulated 35 years of experience in dolphin research, oceanarium management and dolphin interaction. Employees from Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi try to coax two sea lions into a cage. Currently the only other method of wild dolphin health assessment occurs when dolphins strand on the beach and reported to an appropriate agency. The only routinely monitored wild dolphin population is near Tampa Bay, FL, where wild dolphins are periodically captured, brought aboard a boat, measured and biological specimens collected before each dolphin is released. Jeffrey Siegel, a dolphin scientist and teacher, will discuss how the 2010 BP oil spill led to a consortium of agencies and organizations that include the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mote Marine Laboratory and Sea World began working together in the northern Gulf of Mexico to assess dolphin health in the wake of the spill.Ĭompared to the health of dolphins under human care at aquariums and oceanariums, wild dolphin health is rarely monitored. at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Library. Science Café on the Coast, hosted by The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Library, will present Mississippi Sound Dolphins, Current Research: Concerns and Barrierson Tuesday, February 20 at 6 p.m.

USM Gulf Coast Library to Present Science Café on the Coast, “Mississippi Sound Dolphins, Current Research: Concerns and Barriers”

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