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The sun is shining in Ucluelet and the aquarium is swimming with exciting new developments.
Our rockfish tank is up and running at last and looks fantastic. The specimens enjoying the new spacious tank include canary and china rockfish accompanied by a couple of kelp greenlings.
On May 22nd, fishermen donated a truly unsightly treasure- a Pacific Hagfish. These deep-water creepers are also known as slime eels due to their incredible ability to produce copious amounts of slime when disturbed. They are blind and jawless opportunists that indulge in rotting flesh at great depths.
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t013/T013517A.jsmThe decorator crabs are getting antsy as the finishing touches are completed on their new disco tank. 'Dressing up' in whatever surrounds them is important for camouflage, even if that means colourful disco attire. Stay posted!
Interested in catching your own crab? Dave will share his crabbing expertise on Saturday, May 30th at a crab trap making workshop. The fee is $6 and registration is possible through KK at 726-4772.
Much gratitude to all of our volunteers and donors, we really appreciate it and can't thank you enough!!
-Mary Vasey, Aquarium Interpreter
Join the volunteers and staff at the Ucluelet Aquarium for this year's opening on Sunday morning, March 15th at 10:00. We are opening early this year to coincide with the annual Pacific Rim Whale Festival and will be hosting several activities throughout the festival.
Come visit some old favourites at the Aquarium like the octopus, rocks, floor, Dave Hurwitz, a fish, and shell! Also, NEW PAINT!
The Ucluelet Aquarium is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Interpreter for our May to September summer season! Join the Ucluelet Aquarium Team. Email uclueletaquarium@gmail.com to request a job description!
The Christmas Gala hosted by the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce and the Tofino Business Association raised over $18,000 in one amazing evening.
The Ucluelet Aquarium was not the only one getting a nice slice as a benificiary of the event. The Tonquin Foundation, the Food Bank and the Pacific Rim Visitors Centre also received part of the pie!
Big thanks to Marny Sauders for her work organizing the event.
For the full story and pictures, click here.
Pictured: Board Members of the Ucluelet Aquarium and bartenders extraordinaire, Bill Morrison and Marla Barker.
The Ucluelet Aquarium Society will be one of the beneficiaries at the 2008 Pacific Rim Christmas Gala at the Wickaninnish Centre in the Pacific Rim National Park. Join us for a night of great live music, food and beverages.
Unfreeze your wallet, forget the global economic meltdown for a night and come party with the people and animals from the world's greatest aquarium. Free bus transport leaving Tofino at 6:15, leaving Ucluelet at 6:30, and departing the Centre at midnight.
See you there!
Our release party was a great success. Thanks to the staff, volunteers, and participants who helped release all the Aquarium's critters last Saturday.
See an excellent photo collection of the event at Westcoaster.
