FALL 2019
Naturalist’s Spotlight on Sustainability
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Volume XXXIX Issue 3
A Publication for Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
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....... 3 Creature Feature White Seabass old .... 4 Science Centerf by Irene Kurata, Cabrillo Whalewatch and University of California Naturalist re Discovery Lectu ...... 5 It’s Fall again and what would Cabrillo the Humpbacks that migrate to Hawaii Series............... Marine Aquarium be in the Fall without were taken off the Endangered Species ....... 8 Save the Date! ... our Sea Fair (with its Sustainability List in 2016. A cause for celebration
message) and the start of the Cabrillo Whalewatch program? We have many other excellent programs at CMA, but these two events are worth highlighting in this issue of Tidelines. As pointed out in the excellent book (which we have available in our Library), Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know, the whaling industry provides a cautionary tale for our oceans and fish population. • Humans need food. • The ocean seems to provide endlessly. • Humans innovate and technology “advances.” • Animal populations fall precipitously. • If and when humans intervene properly and in time, animal populations recover.
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given the near extinction of these magnificent animals. The hopeful signs of the White Shark recovery is another good example of several human-based factors coming together that allowed nature to regain some balance. The gill net was banned in California state waters since the 1990s and California continued to pass legislation further encouraging commercial fisheries to use other equipment. This was important because sharks are frequently bycatch in gill nets. Other federal protections such as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Clean Water Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act helped restore conditions such that a more robust food web could exist. In other words, more food for sharks (such as sea lions) means we have more sharks. And, none of this (continued on page 2) would have been possible without concerned people raising their voices, We’ve seen the recovery sequence occur scientists providing the science and data with the Pacific Gray Whale and certain and government implementing new populations of the Humpback Whale. legislation and providing an enforcement The Humpback Whales we see off our mechanism. coast are “Threatened” and protected Through a multi-pronged management under the Endangered Species Act, but
From the Director
Spotlight on Sustainability
by Ed Mastro, CMA Exhibits Director
by Irene Kurata, University of California Naturalist
Welcome Aboard Crislyn McKerron I am happy to announce Crislyn McKerron joined the CMA family, in June, as our new Operations Director. She has been with the City of Los Angeles for 19 years and hails from the Airport, where she served as Assistant Airport Manager at LAX. Her love of science and especially the ocean, combined with an administrative and management background, ensures CMA will successfully grow and remain the best teaching aquarium in the world. By Crislyn McKerron, CMA Operations Director
I recently joined Cabrillo Marine Aquarium as the new Operations Director and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I came to CMA after leaving my position as an Assistant Airport Manager at Los Angeles International Airport. At LAX, I managed a large team of professionals who played a vital Crislyn McKerron administrative role in the airport’s multi-billion dollar capital improvement program. I have been an employee of the City of Los Angeles for 19 years, with the majority of that time in management. However, my City career started as a volunteer in the research department at the Los Angeles Zoo assisting with a project on orangutan behavior. I loved my career in aviation and did not think anything could dissuade me from going further down that professional path. In the end, however, my love for science, research, and marine life led me here to CMA. I could not be happier or more honored to be a part of the Department of Recreation and Parks team. When I set my sights on something, I work very hard to that end, in this case the growth of our Aquarium and the preservation of the long-standing values established by my predecessors. On a personal note, I grew up in Ventura and am an eighth generation Californian. I have been scuba diving in these waters since the age of 15. I have always been drawn to CMA as such a perfect illustration of the local marine life that I grew up diving with. I am the mother of three children - all of whom thoroughly adore this aquarium! I am grateful that my family is now a part of the CMA family. I would like to thank General Manager Mike Schull and Assistant General Manager Sophia Piña-Cortez of the Department of Recreation and Parks for this opportunity. I would also like to thank CMA staff for their warm welcome and endless talents, the Friends of CMA for their support, and our members for your continual contributions to the Aquarium we all love so much. 2
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effort, White Seabass is a fishery showing signs of recovery. White Seabass populations dropped significantly in the mid- and late-1900s due to overfishing. The hopeful success of the recovery benefits fishermen as well as other marine life. Many may remember the False Killer Whales attracted to our waters mugging whale watch boats with their White Seabass catch a few years ago. Currently, White Seabass caught in California earns a “Good Alternative” rating from the Seafood Watch program. Seafood Watch and Sustainable Seafood, Monterey Bay’s Seafood Watch program is an important element in the Sustainable Seafood movement. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium has proudly been a Conservation Partner of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program for nearly two decades. Seafood Watch provides regularly updated, science-based seafood recommendations for the public. The Northern Cod fishery collapse in Eastern Canada was one of the drivers for the Sustainable Food movement in the early 1990s. The cod fishery collapse was devastating to the Newfoundland economy and local marine ecosystem. It’s been nearly three decades and there are signs of hope for the Northern Cod recovery in Newfoundland and Labrador. The fishery continues to be strictly managed, but the Canadian Atlantic Ocean ecosystem is complex and we’ve seen the recovery of the fishery doesn’t follow a straight-line trajectory. Southern California’s ocean economy and ecosystem are also complex and markedly different from several decades ago. In addition to the protective measures referenced earlier in this article, DDT dumping in the San Pedro Channel stopped in the early 1980s, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) came online on the mainland in 2012 and we’ve seen better stormwater management to trap trash closer to the source before it reaches the ocean. There is still much to be done, but many of us can agree many aspects of our environment are much improved. We all have interesting observations of nature every day. Some of these observations (such as grunion runs) can be anticipated while others are an unexpected and amazing discovery. Help us turn the observations into data by using an app like iNaturalist. In the near future, I’m sure there will be many more nature-related recovery stories the data will disclose. After all, there is no downside to being outside whether it’s in your backyard or on or in the water. See you out there.
Creature Feature
Profile
By Chris Okamoto, CMA Aquarist
by Jim DePompeii, CMA Education Curator
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis It looked like wind. There was a steady ripple across the surface but it moved in a large mass. It wasn’t from the wind, it was from fish tails. From the surface, I could occasionally see their dorsal fins slicing through the surface and occasionally one would pile on top of another and you would see a mighty splash and flash of a giant body as they kicked over each other. We knew right away, they were big bluefin tuna and there were hundreds of them. I quickly put my fins on and slid off my boat and as I kicked towards the commotion they immediately sunk out. When I saw the ghostly images below I took one more breath and dove. Thirty feet down and I was surrounded by schooling tuna, these were probably in the 40 pound range. But below them I saw what fishermen refer to as “cows,” big bluefin over 200 pounds bullying their way thru the ocean. As I kicked down to the 60 foot depth, I was circled by fish in a behavior that we call “the vortex.” It was mesmerizing to see these giants curiously circling around me. The amazing part? Fishermen hadn’t seen tuna this big in Southern California in around 100 years. Pull up old photos of Catalina Island and you might see some black and white pictures of big bluefin next to fishermen or women. We aren’t exactly sure why they came back, but they did for four straight years and it looks like it’s going to happen again this year. The Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Thun- Tuna caught at Catalina with Rod and Reel - File:04945-Catalinanus orientalis is one of three 1903, Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg Bluefin species and differ a bit from the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus, ours get to 1,000 pounds while the Atlantic species gets to about 2,000 pounds. At present time neither bluefin stocks are classified as endangered by NOAA fisheries, but because they are a species of concern, NOAA fisheries worked out a limit of two Pacific Bluefin per person to help rebuild stocks and the stocks are slowly increasing. All species are widely sought as sashimi (raw fish) because of their beautiful red color and flavor. Bluefin tuna can breed by about 5 years and the average lifespan is about 15 years with a maximum of about 26 years. The eggs are mostly spawned in the Sea of Japan and the young make a 5,000 mile journey to the California coast before making their return, they are able to survive 16 degree water because they are endothermic. The young feed on plankton and then steadily grow while they eat a variety of prey from krill to other tuna.
Alixandra Lomas
Alixandra Lomas began her CMA journey as a part-time education staff member 11 years ago, moving into a full-time Aquarium Educator position three years ago. Yet her history at Cabrillo Aquarium stretches back to childhood, visiting with her family, attending classes, and enjoying the coastal park. In her current position, she enjoys working with our Sea Club afterschool program, facilitating teacher workshops, curating Exploration Center programming and visitor engagement, coordinating Cabrillo’s monthly beach clean-ups, and interacting with visitors from around the world. Keep an eye out for Alix’s artwork around Cabrillo. She has created engaging educational artwork and graphic designs for the aquarium, including Sea Club, Robotics Day, and Baja Trip t-shirt designs, as well as art for a series of CMA ocean animal collectors pins, and many educational resources for onsite education programs and the Exploration Center. While studying ecology, marine science, and global studies at UCSB, she studied abroad in the north of Brazil, in Bahia. After college, Alix returned to Brazil, but to the southern city of Ubatuba, to work at Projeto TAMAR, a Sea Turtle conservation project that incorporates supporting the local community in economic improvement and sustainability, while practicing marine conservation in their mission. She says some of the most beautiful beaches she’s visited were here. Alix is an artist, traveller, and conservationist. In the near future, Alix says she would like to be involved with action groups that are working to find community solutions to the effects of climate change. She independently published a children’s illustrated book entitled “On The Run” about Grunion, and has a second illustrated book in the works about ocean plastics. In her spare time Alix makes colorful, eco-friendly jewelry from Tagua (palm nut) and Acai seeds, learns new artforms like ceramics, travels to places with beautiful beaches and fantastic food like Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, and enjoys music, dancing, and cuisine from around the world. She collects tropical plants and grows tropical fruit in her urban garden. Alix’s favorite ways to spend her lunch hour is at the beach swimming and bodyboarding. She has a pet Pygmy Mammoth named Pablo, that occasionally accompanies staff as a beloved mascot and ambassador on our Channel Island trips. What she finds most fulfilling about her work at the aquarium is connecting people to nature, being able to work in the habitats we teach about, and that getting her feet sandy and taking students to the beach is part of her job. Fall 2019
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The Return of the Giant Sea Bass
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By Larry G. Allen PhD., California State University Northridge
tories of gallant fishers battling the monster Giant Sea Bass (aka black sea bass) with hand lines and primitive rods and reels date back into the late 1800s. These fish, as their name aptly implies get really, really, big! Giants reach sizes of up to seven feet and 560 pounds, but probably get larger. Giant Sea Bass occur from about Humboldt Bay south to all the way down around Baja, and up into the northern Gulf of California. However, on the Pacific coast, Giants rarely occur north of Point Conception and function as apex predators of the kelp bed and nearshore rocky reefs off the Californias. This apex predator has been missing from the kelp forest and deep rock reefs of California’s nearshore ecosystem for almost a hundred years. So what happened to the Giants? At the end of the 1920s, the commercial fishing fleet out of San Pedro, California was growing and began fishing (gill netting and hand lining) Giant Sea Bass in earnest often targeting their spawning aggregations in the summer months. This practice led to the nearly complete demise of the Giant Sea Bass fishery off California by 1934. Since 1934, the only appreciable commercial landings of Giant Sea Bass were from off Baja California. Their commercial landings and populations decreased to almost nothing until, in 1982, the Mexican government prohibited the commercial take of Giants from Mexican waters. In the same year, the California Department of Fish and Game placed a complete moratorium on the recreational catch and commercial catch was limited to two fish and later to one per trip. Then, in 1990, an epic thing happened in California. In a win for conservation, the voters of California passed Proposition 132, which banned all gill netting from in-shore waters and up to three miles off shore. Its implementation in 1994 changed everything. How about now? Recreational anglers have not been able to take Giants legally since 1982, but commercial fishers can still take one fish per trip. In the bygone days, a trip offshore or off Baja may have lasted two weeks. Now a trip typically lasts one day. So commercial fishers can still take these fish thus allowing the legal take of an IUCN critically endangered species. One of the reasons that they remain vulnerable is that they aggregate to spawn. Over the last two decades, there have been indications that Giants were making a comeback. Various knowledgeable observers started to see more and more of them at historical spawning aggregations sites. The number of underwater photographs of recent aggregations available online skyrocketed. Many talented underwater photographers began to share their photos of Giants at places like La Jolla, Catalina Island, Palos Verdes and Anacapa Island within the southern California Bight. So, we had anecdotal evidence that the historical spawning aggregations were returning. At that point, we began looking for other 4
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lines of evidence indicating a recovery was underway. One strong line of evidence came from a 15-year gill netting study targeting White Seabass that my group was conducting with Dan Pondella's Vantuna Research Group at Occidental College. That program, the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program contracted us to collect the tagged fish released from the hatchery using set gill nets throughout the Southern California Bight. During the 15 years of this sampling program, we found a significant increase in catch of juvenile Giant Sea Bass. Additionally, two time series of established SCUBA surveys off Palos Verdes conducted by Occidental College and off Catalina Island, near Avalon dating back into the early 1960s both showed a clear appearance of Giants suddenly between 2000 and 2003. From these three fishery independent sources of information, we can now say, definitely, that the Giants are returning. What specifically brought them back? We believe the gill net ban in 1994 has allowed the comeback of these magnificent creatures. In fact, we concluded that the majority (60 %) of the Giants seen around Catalina Island in the summers of 2014 and 2015 had recruited after the gill net ban of twenty years before. It seems that juvenile Giants are now released from high morality as bycatch in the old nearshore gill net fishery. This good news comes with some bad for Giants. Standard population genetics studies carried out by our Nearshore Marine Fish Research Program at CSU Northridge discovered very low genetic variability among the 61 Giants we tested. Giants alive today represent single genetically bottlenecked population. The source of the bottleneck? We are pretty sure that the overfishing before the 1934 collapse
had a lot to do with it. If so, then it has taken 90 years for the Giant Sea Bass population to recover to its present level, yet they all appear to be “cousins”. Obviously, this is not good news for their long-term viability. So, where do we go from here? The Giants are indeed returning. There are a lot more of them than there were 30 years ago. Recreational anglers throughout Southern California have certainly noticed. Now, they have started to ask me if CDFW should open up recreational fishing for them with limited take. My answer is that Giants are still early in the recovery of their population. They are, after all, longlived, late maturing fish that are notoriously slow at recovery. At its peak, the commercial fishery for Giants took an estimated 6,000 fish from 1928 to 1934. The level of take crashed the population off California. Estimates of the size of spawning aggregations prior to 1928 were counted in the hundreds of fish. Our recent estimates of aggregation size measure in the 10 to 20 range. Further, our surveys of density off Catalina in 2014 and 2015 indicated that there were only about 50 adult Giants around the island at that time. Therefore, my “back of the envelope” calculations, place the Giant Sea Bass population off southern California at approximately 10-20% of historical population size. It would not take very long for their population to crash even under
minimal recreational take. On the other hand, the commercial offshore take of one fish per trip appears to be sustainable at this time as evidenced by the general recovery. Over all, I think that we are at least a decade away from re-establishing a limited hook and line fishery for Giant Sea Bass (a slot limit perhaps). Finally, as food for thought, an analysis out of UC Santa Barbara has clearly demonstrated that Giant Sea Bass are worth a lot more money as objects of the SCUBA Ecotourism trade than they are at the fish market.
Presented by Cabrillo Marine Aquarium with support from Friends & presenting sponsor Chicken of the Sea
Dr. Jason Keller Chapman University
“Exploring Blue Carbon in California Salt Marshes” Friday, August 2, 2019 • 7 - 9PM
The term “blue carbon” refers to the massive amount of carbon stored in the vegetation and soils of many coastal ecosystems. Dr. Keller will share results from a number of collaborative projects exploring the ecology of blue carbon in coastal California salt marshes.
Fee: Free, but reservations required (Please RSVP to https://augustdiscoverylecture2019.eventbrite.com)
Upcoming 2019 Lecture Dates:
• October 4, 2019, Dr. Chuck Kopczak, California Science Center • December 6, 2019, Dr. Brian Livingston, CSULB
See website for more information and/or call 310-548-7562. www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium hosts a members-only reception before each lecture. To join, call 310-548-7593. Presenting Sponsor
Through a donation to the Friends of CMA
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Thank You Friends SUPPORTERS April 1 through June 30 , 2019â€
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Dear Friend, nd Some of the best recipes call for the simplest simpl ingredients: Asparagus with just a drizzle of olive oil. Corn on the cob with a pat of butter. French fries sprinkled with salt. At Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, our secret recipe is equally simple: JUST ADD WATER.
JUST ADD W WA ATER (Ocean water in particular)) to inspire a child’s love of the environment. JUST ADD W WA ATER to pique their interest in becoming a marine biologist or a researcher seeking king a cure for cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Or an engineer studying the algorithms of underwater propulsion. sion.
JUST ADD W WA ATER and you might have a whale watch enthusiast on your hands. Or a diver interested nterested in exploring uncharted ocean environments.
JUST ADD W WA ATER and you might produce an aquaculture farmer focused on new ways to feed ed the Earth’s burgeoning population. One thing’s for sure, just add water and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium becomes a fun, hands-on n place to learn about Southern California marine life. A place where science is never boring and neverr intimidating. Where young people can get wet hands and sandy feet while learning about the ocean and its ts amazing inhabitants. With the help of supporters like you, Friends keeps the Aquarium free and open to all, witth scholarships always available for fee-based programs. Please help us grow our future young scientists, marine biologists, whale watchers and researchers! We thank you for your support and Friendship. Sincerely,
MAY 18, 2019 Caroline Brady Executive Director, Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
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Save THE DATE
14th Annual Sea Scare 2019
Saturday, October 26 • 7 - 10pm *Members Only Early Entry at 6pm
The best family Halloween party around is back and only at CMA! Come in costume and join in on the masquerade of ghosts and goblins. It’s sure to be a frightfully good time for the whole family! To purchase tickets, visit www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Sustainable Seafood
Dinner
Saturday, November 2 • 5pm Enjoy a sustainable seafood dinner prepared by Primal Alchemy Chef Paul Buchanan as the sun sets over Cabrillo Beach. For information or tickets: www.sustainableseafoodexpo.org, call (310) 548-7707 or email kim.diamond@cmaqua.org.
Autumn Sea Fair Sunday, October 6 • 10am - 3pm Celebrate the bounty of the sea with fun-in-the sun games and hometown spirit! It's a day filled with music, games, contests, fun activities, exhibits, demonstrations, arts and crafts and videos. Enter our sand sculpture contest. Hunt for buried pirate treasure. Create your own ocean creature costume from materials we provide! Pack a picnic or purchase food. For further information, call 310-548-7562. Fee: Free STAY CONNECTED!
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