I think you start… If you want them to know the whole rainbow of the operation, I would take these people and move them around. And okay, you can pay them the same rate, but get ’em to be a janitor for awhile. See what’s involved there, get them to… Read More
50 years down the road, how do you see the American aquariums in terms of programs for the public, or their animal collections or other activities?… Read More
I’m too old to think, 50 years down the road. I don’t think I’m capable of answering that question. I think that we’ve made so many advances in the last 20 years, let’s say. We’ve been on a real fast track, and whether we can continue on that, I honestly… Read More
No, boy, you asked me a firecracker there. I will never admit to having a business person be the top dog at a zoological institution. I think that is absolutely wrong. It’s got to be a person who knows her animals and you can get a good business person to… Read More
Today, how would you train or think about training a young person to become a curator?… Read More
Oh, how do I train them to be a curator?… Read More
I was a biologist. And that’s about the limit of my skill sets was that I was a biologist, and I would advise anybody getting into a zoo or aquarium work these days to think ahead. And while they’re in college to take other courses, prepare themselves for having to… Read More
Philosophically speaking, would it be better to have a director of an aquarium or a zoo who was a, we’ll say, a zoologist or biologist and have as the second, maybe the business person, or would it be more appropriate to have a business person heading the organization, and have… Read More
What should we be telling them education or research?… Read More
And I think that that is what I just said is part of that. The other part is to talk about global consumption. For example, something that we in this country probably don’t pay too much attention to, but bluefin tuna is another big problem. I mean, this stuff is… Read More
Aquarium director needs to be aware of, what skill sets does an aquarium director need today compared to when you started?… Read More
Well, what skill sets did I have when I was starting?… Read More
Well, it’s a possibility, but if you’re gonna farm raise them like the Norwegian salmon farms and Chile, which is the second largest farm raising country in the world, believe it or not, this is sort of counterproductive because all of the waste products on the fish is getting into… Read More
What direction should aquarium education be going as it relates to conservation and research?… Read More
Well, I think I may have answered that partially. Read More
What can we do to prevent that?… Read More
Well, here’s the list of fish that you can eat without worrying about the fact that the animal is becoming endangered in the wild, and to not eat that if it’s presented on a menu or you go to the store and buy it. Try these other things, they’re just… Read More
Should we farm raise them?… Read More
What do you feel aquariums should be doing in general, locally, nationally, and globally?… Read More
What should they be doing?… Read More