Transcript here - National Marine Educators Association

Mike Spranger, PhD.
Professor and Community Development Specialist
Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
University of Florida
[email protected]
Outline
 Origins of NMEA
 Noted FIRSTs in History of NMEA
 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Why History?
History is a pack of lies about events that
never happened told by people who
weren’t there
George Santayana
We want to live in the present. The only
history worth a tinker’s damn is history
we make today
Henry Ford
History is more or less bunk
Henry Ford
Why History?
You don’t hate history, you hate it as it
was taught to you in high school
Stephen Ambrose
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a
mystery. Today is a gift. That is why we
call it the present.
Babutunde Olatunji
People without knowledge of their
past, origin and culture is like
a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey
Why History?
Those who do not learn from history
are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana
History is a guide to navigation in
perilous times. History is who we
are and why we are the way we are
David McCullough
The Formative Years 1966-76
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National Sea Grant Program established, 1966
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The Woods Hole, MA Conference, 1966
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Catalina Island Conferences, CA (late 1960s)
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The Beaufort Conference, NC 1971
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Kingston, RI Conference, 1974
Sea Grant College Program, 1966
 Federal Government/University Partnership
 Patterned after Land Grant College System
 Establishes Sea Grant Colleges in
Coastal and Great Lake states
 Research
 marine advisory services
 marine education
Woods Hole Conference, 1966
 New England Conference on Ocean Engineering
 Educators from New England states, NY, CO, FL, OH
 Bring together oceanographers and marine educators
 Discuss current research
 Need for curriculum guide for ocean sciences
 Need for ocean science teacher training programs
 Focus on elementary, primary and secondary levels
The Catalina Island Conferences
(Orange County Marine Science Floating Lab Program)
 Ron Linsky – Established OCMSFL - 1966
 The Southern California Conference on
Marine Education - 1969
 National Marine Science Education Conference - 1969
The Beaufort Conference, 1971
 Will Hon (NC), Regional Marine Science Project
- conference organizer
 Dr. James Schweitzer (LA)
- “The Beaufort Resolution”
- Call to create The Marine Science Education Assn.
 Participants - Atlantic and Gulf States, Ohio, Illinois
The Kingston Conference, 1974
 Thayer Shafer, Organizer
(Rhode Island Sea Grant Marine Ed Specialist)
 Yellow Submarine Theme
 Dr. James Schweitzer (LA)
“The Kingston Resolution”
 Steering Committee
Wes Batten (VA)
Tapan Banerjee (ME)
Barbara Klemm (HA)
Jim Schweitzer (LA)
Don Giles (OR)
Hal Goodwin (MD)
Thayer Shafer (RI)
Ned Webster (FL)
NMEA Formed - 1976
 Thayer Shafer(RI) – Implement the Kingston Resolution
 Oceanic Society (Articles of Incorporation/By-laws)
 Applied for provisional non-profit status with IRS
 National Aquarium, DC, Official Address
 Bulk permit from U.S. Postal Service
 Steering Committee as first Board of Directors
 Advertise/coordinate First NMEA Conference
1st NMEA Conference, 1976
October 26-29, 1976, Pacific Grove, CA
 FIRST conference sponsored by NMEA
 FIRST – NMEA as a nonprofit entity
 FIRST – Bylaws discussed/adopted
 FIRST – Association Committees formed
 FIRST – President - Arie Korporaal (CA)
 FIRST – Published Proceedings
The Journal of Marine Education
 FIRST issue produced
 Aegir Corporation, private publisher
 Support from University of Hawaii
University of Southern California SG
 Editor – Capt. Richard C. Murphy
 Subscription: $15/4 issues
$3/copy
and
The Journal of Marine Education
 Publishing change in 1976
 Support from Sea World
 Funding shortfalls for the
publication (common theme
throughout NMEA History)
 We must include the sea in
all subject areas. All curricula
should be “marinated” to
create a marine literate society.
2nd NMEA Conference, 1977
August 3-6, 1977, Newark, Delaware (U. of Delaware)
“Marine Awareness: Teaching for the Future”
 FIRST conference with a theme
 150 attendees (ME–FL, AK-HA)
 FIRST Sea Grant workshop at NMEA
 FIRST - caulking hammer gavel used
 Robert Stegner (DE) served as host
Renny Little
NMEA Publications - 1977
 FIRST newsletter issue of CURRENT:
National Marine Education Assn.
 CURRENT
(Sponsor: MIT Sea Grant)
 Journal of Marine Education
becomes Sea World
 Editor –Richard C. Murphy
3rd NMEA Conference, 1978
August 8-12, 1978, Olympia, WA (Evergreen State College)
“Marine Awareness: Teaching for the Future”
 FIRST–MAMEA first chapter to join NMEA
 Annual dues:
$8. Life Member: $200
 FIRST honorary Membership
presented to Thayer Shafer
NMEA Publications - 1978
 1978 - Last Issue of Sea World
(56 page Summer Issue)
 Publisher made decision to stop
production (J. McMahon)
 Current becomes “new”
Official NMEA publication
4th NMEA Conference, 1979
August 13-18, 1979 Milwaukee, WI
“The Great Lakes: Our Fourth Coastline”
 FIRST – Stegner Memorial Lecture Fund established
 NMEA - National Sail Training Assn. affiliates
 Hal and Libby Goodwin receive NMEA
honorary membership (“Marine Ed Pioneers”)
 Policy paper on “the need for marine
and aquatic education”
 Conference focus: PCBs in the Great Lakes
and Equal Rights Amendment issues
5th NMEA Conference, 1980
August 6-9, 1980 Salem, MA (Salem State College)
“Our Coast: Heritage, Conflict and Challenges”
 FIRST – Stegner Memorial Lecture
Capt. Irving Johnson (1929 Cape Horn sailing trip)
 350 Attendees
Capt. Irv Johnson
 Intense Board Debate
“Proposal to Insure Permanent Leadership for Marine Education
in the U.S. by Activating, Operating, and Providing Continuance for
the National Education Network and the Council of Chief State School
Officers’ Marine Education Coordinators’ Network”
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MTS/SG tug of war
6th NMEA Conference, 1981
August 5-8, 1981 Galveston, TX (Texas A & M)
“Toward the Coastal Frontier”
 A calm year
 Dues increased to $10
 Center for Environmental Education
support 4 issues of CURRENT
 9 chapters now members of NMEA
7th NMEA Conference, 1982
August 17-20, 1982 La Jolla CA (UC –San Diego)
“Oceanomics: Riding the Wave of the Future”
 FIRST – Sea Swap
organized by Barb Klemm (HA)
 Controversy:
Chapter representation !!!
N.E. Marine Education Council
 FIRST – Chapters get the vote
Reps to serve as NMEA Director
 Issue: Chapter members not paying NMEA dues
8th NMEA Conference, 1983
August 2-6, 1983 South Portland, ME ( South Maine VTI)
“Sights and sounds of the Sea”
 FIRST – Focus on the arts
400 attendees
 FIRST – Female elected President
 NMEA Board Issues - Budgets!
- No more non-member dues
Prentice Stout & Lundie Spence
- No require chapter members pay NMEA dues
- Cut contract with Allen Press for CURRENT
- Dues increase from $10 to $18 in 1985
- World of Water Awards (WOW) grant from NSF
9th NMEA Conference, 1984
August 7-11, 1984 Victoria, BC (University of Victoria)
“Pacific Northwest: From Canoe to Submersible”
 FIRST – First Conference out of USA
 FIRST – James Centorino Award
 FIRST –NMEA Teacher Awards
 FIRST – President’s Award
 FIRST – WOW Student Awards
WOW Winners, Washington DC 1984
9th NMEA Conference, 1984
August 7-11, 1984 Victoria, BC (University of Victoria)
“Pacific Northwest: From Canoe to Submersible”
 FIRST – Track on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
 FIRST – The First Nation
“Season of Song and Dance”
 FIRST – Encounter with Ravens
10th NMEA Conference, 1985
July 29 – August 2, 1985 Williamsburg, VA
“The Chesapeake: Prologue to the Future”
 FIRST –Change to National Marine Educators Assn.
 FIRST – President’s Reception
 FIRST – Exhibit Hall with booths
 FIRST – Chapters receive 25% of profits
 FIRST - Conference Sponsors to defray expenses
10th NMEA Conference, 1985
July 29 – August 2, 1985 Williamsburg, VA
“The Chesapeake: Prologue to the Future”
 FIRST – Governor addresses NMEA
 FIRST - NMEA auction (nets $2,000)
 FIRST – International Committee
 Dues increase to $18
 Affiliation with NSTA in the works
Ned Smith & Sue Gammisch
11th NMEA Conference, 1986
August 4-8, 1986 Cleveland, OH (John Carroll University)
“Those Magnificent Sweetwater Seas”
 FIRST – Membership Committee Established
 FIRST – Chapter contest
to recruit NMEA members
 FIRST –Past President
Reception
 FIRST – The Pike
Lundie Spence, Prentice Stout, Jim Lanier, Millie Graham
Jeff Sandler, Art West, Jim McMahon, Rick Tinnin
NMEA Past Presidents
THE PIKE
1986 – 2006 (RIP)
 Raised more than $10,000 for scholarships
 Built rivalries….and short allegiances with chapters
 Traveled the USA and Canada
 Attended many functions, such as Mardi Gras,
Rose Bowl, Super Bowl and many state/local functions
 Met many notables, including G.W. Bush
THE PIKE
Gene Williamson, 1987
SCMEA, 1992
SAME, 1997
Victoria, BC 2001
THE PIKE The Debate (2005)
 I speak for all in me…The Pike must Go! Dave Neibuhr
 The Pike lives On!
Beth Jewell
 We “Fish” wish to support our kindred piscatorial as an
NMEA icon. Two votes to “Save the Pike” Mr/Mrs Fish
 A sacrifice of Pike to Pele would be awesome. We are
NMEA Marine Educators and our mascot is a fresh water
fish? … Andrew Wilson
THE PIKE The Debate
 Perhaps Pike should take a sabbatical. Once he gets to
Maui, it is possible a life of leisure and rum might appeal
to him…..After five or six years, he might mysteriously
reappear in a casino in Atlantic City Neil Gilbert
 I have mixed feelings..I remember the good old days
when I was a kid, he was distinguished…His entrance,
like that of a president and was the highlight of every
conference…Recently, his entrances seemed contrived,
even forced and a little……….boring, kind of like, well,
Neil Diamond.
Craig Strang
12th NMEA Conference, 1987
August 4-7, 1987 Kingston, RI
“The Magic of the Northeast”
 FIRST–Mid–Year Board meeting
at NSTA
 Financial Woes
 Tightening down the hatches
 One issue of CURRENTS
 Nora Deans (CA) becomes editor
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Rick Tinnin & Millie Graham
13th NMEA Conference, 1988
July 19-22, 1988 Santa Cruz, CA
“New Waves in Marine Education”
 FIRST –Long-Range Plan drafted
 FIRST – becomes NSTA Affiliate
 FIRST – Special Conference Poster
“Creatures of the Deep”
 FIRST – Session, reception, and
Share-A-Thon at NSTA (St. Louis)
14th NMEA Conference, 1989
July 24-28m 1989 Miami, FL
“Florida’s Fragile Paradise”
 FIRST – NMEA Photo Contest
 FIRST –Conservation Committee
 FIRST –Research Committee
 Conference organized in record time
(8 months)
15th NMEA Conference, 1990
August 5-12, 1990 The Big Island of Hawaii
“Islands in the Sea”
 FIRST – Conference (2 locations)
(Hilo and Kona)
 FIRST – “Conference Cookbook”
Susan and Jim Snyder in Hawaiian garb
 FIRST- Affiliation: American Assn.
for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
 No problem of low attendance
(600 attendees)
????
16th NMEA Conference, 1991
August 6-9, 1991 New Brunswick, NJ
“Garden by the Sea”
 Update of Long-Range Plan
 Need to stabilize funding
 “We are providing $35 worth of
memberships for $25. (V. Osis)
 Outside funding for CURRENT
(NOAA & SG Global Change Issue)
17th NMEA Conference, 1992
August 3-8, 1992 Portland and Newport, OR
“Seines to Satellites: Taming Technology”
 FIRST – Conference Whistles
 FIRST – Joint International Project
CURRENT article with the
Great Barrier Reef Authority
 Multiple field trips and hikes
Andy Wood & Susan Haynes
18th NMEA Conference, 1993
August 2-7, 1993 New Orleans, LA
“Where the River Meets the Sea”
 Index of CURRENT (1976-1993) compiled
By Kristine Westerberg (Shedd Aquarium)
 FIRST – Membership survey
 3 issues of CURRENT
(Funding: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and American Fisheries Society)
19th NMEA Conference, 1994
August 7-11, 1994 Knoxville, TN
“Science and Public Policy”
 Alaska Cruise idea fizzled
 FIRST – NMEA co-conference with
other national organizations
- American Institute of Biological Sciences
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Botanical Society of America
- Ecological society of American
 AIBS folks – Boy, those people have fun!
20th NMEA Conference, 1995
July 31 – August 5, 1995 San Diego, CA
“Oceans without Borders”
 FIRST – live auction program description
 “Beach Party” with Shamu at Sea World
 Stegner Lecture: Banana Slug String Band
 Controversy: Change name of NMEA ?
 Three CURRENT publications
(Funding from U.S. Navy, NOAA)
21st NMEA Conference, 1996
August 1-5, 1996 Durham, NH (U. of New Hampshire)
“Making Connections…Global Lessons from Gulf of Maine”
 FIRST – permanent, part-time A.A.
(Tina Shoemaker/Johnette Borsarge)
 FIRST - NMEA Board over-night retreat
 NMEA Board become “Blue Noses”
 Two CURRENT publications
(Funding from U.S. Navy, NOAA)
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NMEA Conference, 1997
August 4-8, 1997 Chicago, IL (DePaul University)
“Land of the Inland Seas: Journey to the Great Lakes”
 FIRST – President has baby;
Brings 3 month old to BOD
 Dinner at Shedd Aquarium and Reception
at Field Museum of Natural History
 Cub Bleacher bums & Commandeered Bus
 Two Issues of CURRENT
(Funding by The Henry Foundation)
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NMEA Conference, 1998
August 3-7, 1998 Humacao, PR (Palmas del Mar Resort)
“Island Journey in Ecological Diversity”
 FIRST – Conference held at resort
 BOD assists with housing options
 Sea Turtle hatchlings
 Field trips: El Yunque rainforest, coral
reefs, Arecibo Observatory, rum tasting
 Three issues of CURRENTS
(Funding: Munson Foundation and Sea Grant)
24th NMEA Conference, 1999
August 6-11, 1999 Charleston, SC (College of Charleston)
“Exploring Our Coastal Heritage”
 Low Country Boil
 Southern Plantation & Hospitality
 Field trips: fishing, harbor trawls,
cypress swamps, loggerhead sea turtles
 One issue of CURRENTS
(Funding: Munson Foundation and Sea Grant)
Past President
John Dindo
25th NMEA Conference, 2000
July 16-21, 2000 Long Beach, CA (CSU – Long Beach)
“Wave of the Future”
 FIRST –Buddy Program established
 2-Day Board Retreat: Long-Range Plg.
 Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Beach Party,
dinner “cruise”on Queen Mary, Grunions!
 One issue of CURRENTS
(Funding: Office of Naval Research, CORE)
26th NMEA Conference, 2001
July 17-21, 2001 Victoria, BC, (University of Victoria)
“Water Odyssey: Understanding Sense of Place”
 FIRST –Video spoof Promo
 Current sessions and field trips
the “Castle,” Royal Roads University
 Tattoos, Holly Arttzen, Korean Educators,
sushi reception
 Two issue of CURRENTS
(Funding: NSF)
27th NMEA Conference, 2002
July 22-26, 2002 New London, CT (Connecticut College)
“The Race to Hell Gate: Estuaries to the Abyss”
 Special tour of USNS Mary Sears,
Oceanographic Survey Ship.
 Tall Ships, historic Mystic Seaport
Village, lobster bake, sea chanteys
 NMEA Recommendations sent to
U.S. Commission on Oceans Policy
 Three issues of CURRENTS
(Funding: NOAA and National Sea Grant)
28th NMEA Conference, 2003
July 20-24 2003 Wilmington, NC (UNC-Wilmington)
“”Taking Marine Education by Storm”
 FIRST –International Committee
Sets up Sea Exchanges with other nations
 FIRST – History website
 FIRST - NMEA has VISA machine
and handles Conference Registration
Terry Kirby Hathaway, Bill Simpkins
 FIRST – Membership profile sent to U.S.
Policy Commission to advance science literacy
28th NMEA Conference, 2003
 FIRST – National Science Standards ad hoc
Committee set up to look at science standards
 FIRST – Chapter Twister Challenge
 Pirates!!!!
 Five issues of CURRENT !
(Funding: NOAA and Sea Grant)
29th NMEA Conference, 2004
July 18-22, 2004 St. Petersburg, FL (Eckerd College)
“Bridge to the Gulf…Marine Science in the Sunshine”
 FIRST –International Breakfast (20)
 FIRST – Past President Circle Recognized
 FIRST – NMEA Endowment fund ($300,000!)
 Special session on U.S. Commission on
Ocean Policy
 Three issue of CURRENTS
(Funding: NOAA, Munson Foundation)
30th NMEA Conference, 2005
July11-16, 2005 Kahului, Maui, HA (Maui Community College)
“ Na na I Ke Kumu, Na na I ke Kai”
 FIRST – IPMEN organized
 FIRST – Ocean Literacy Committee
 FIRST –Video-Steaming of Conference
 FIRST – NMEA office destroyed
 FIRST - Electronic NMEA News via BRIDGE
 NMEA endorses Ocean Literacy Principles
30th NMEA Conference, 2005
 Board funds re-branding of NMEA logo
 Board funds re-designing of website
 Gamming again in NMEA News
 4 issues NMEA NEWS
 4 Issues CURENTS
(Funding: NOAA, Sea Grant, DISL,
Munson Foundation, Oak Foundation,
NSF, Bullitt Foundation, Goldman Fund)
30th NMEA Conference, 2005
Last Days of the PIKE
 The sacrifice to Pele???
 RA stay of execution,
rescued and exiled to
New York
 Retirement at NMEA HQ,
in Biloxi ??
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NMEA Conference, 2006
July 15-22, 2006 New York, NY (Long Island University)
“ New York, NY: A City of Islands”
 FIRST – IPMEN organized
 FIRST – Session Speakers identify
Essential Principles they address
 American Museum of Natural History, Coney island,
8-course chinese banquet, Manhattan Dinner Cruise,
Ellis Island, New York Aquarium
 Live Broadcast from research team on The Monitor
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Board Activities
 Ocean Literacy Committee set up work group to draft scope
and sequence of Ocean Literacy Essential Principles
 Participated at National Conference on Ocean Literacy (DC)
 Long-Range Plan
(2006-08 reviewed/updated
 Special CURRENTS issue:
National Ocean Sciences Bowl
Sarah Schoedinger, Thaxter Tewsbury, Lynn Whitley
(NMEA Past Presidents)
32th NMEA Conference, 2007
July 23-27 Portland, ME
“ Downeast 2007….Ideas, Innovation, and Inspirations”
 FIRST – NMEA News printed in color
 FIRST – “Gamming” on history page
 FIRST –Committee on Traditional Knowledge
 Ocean Literacy K-5 Scope/Sequence completed
Sharon Meeker
 Lobster bake, Schooner Fare,
Portland Art Museum, Gulf of Maine,
Rachel Carson Play, Boogie Cruise
Lynn Whitley
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NMEA Conference, 2008
July 20-24, 2008 Savannah, GA
“ One World, One Water”
 Savannah Waterfront, Tybee Island, historic Savannah
 Sessions on International Year of the Reef,
Ocean literacy, fisheries, estuarine systems
FIRST – NMEA News digitized (on Web)
FIRST – Digital database for CURRENT
34th NMEA Conference, 2009
June 29 – July 3, 2009 Monterey, CA
“One World Conserving One Ocean ”
 Monterey Bay Research Institute,
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Conference
site at Asilomar State Beach Park
 Tide pools, COSEE rack, ocean literacy,
marine debris, cabins, wild racoons
 Stegner: The Banana Slug String Band
Only One Ocean
(New Album with COSEE support)
Rosanne Forner and Sharon Walker
35th NMEA Conference, 2010
July 19 - 23, 2010 Gatlinburg, TN
“From the Mountains to the Sea”
 Real-time, workgroup session
Input into draft Framework for Science Education
(Common Core Science Standards)
 Ober Gatlinburg, Tramway,
Great Smokies Mountains,
moonshine, hoedown at the
Dumplin Valley Farm,
Dolly Parton Dixie Stampede
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies
36th NMEA Conference, 2011
June 29 – July 3, 2011 Boston, MA (Northeastern University)
“ Cape to Cape: In the Hub of Marine Education”
 FIRST – YouTube promo “singer” Bob Rocha
 Beantown bash, New England Aquarium,
Thompson Island clambake,
 Field trips: Woods Hole, North Shore
Boston Harbor Islands, Whale Watching
 4th of July in Boston!!!
37th NMEA Conference, 2012
June 24-28, 2012 Anchorage, AK
“North to Alaska’s Seas: A Confluence of Science and Culture
 Traditional Knowledge , Ray Toll art,
seafood BBQ, legend of the Yup’ki people
 FIRST – Hired Social Media Manager
 Strategic planning process continued
 Representation at NSTA Congress on Science Education
 Ad hoc Committee: How to become a Chapter?
38th NMEA Conference, 2013
July 22-26, 2013 Mobile, AL
(Spring Hill College)
“Sea the Gulf, Join the Roux”
 Richard Louv, author, Last Child in the Woods
 FIRST– Johnette D. Bosarge Memorial Award
 Mini-Mardi Gras Parade (floats and beads)
 Evening at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Estuarium
 Dinner & Dancing at the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center
 Cooking Classes, kayaking, exploring Mobile Bay
39th NMEA Conference, 2014
July 21-23, 201 Annapolis, MD
“Sailing into Marine Education:
from the Ocean to the Bay”
 FIRST - NMEA HQ to College Park, MD
(Major assistance from Maryland Sea Grant)
 Tour - U.S. Naval Academy
 Crab Feast and Picnic, Chesapeake Bay kayaking,
sailing, Waterman Crab Pickin’ tour
 Evening at National Aquarium in Baltimore
40th NMEA Conference, 2015
June 29 – July 2, 2015 Newport, RI
“ Ocean State, Ocean Planet: Exploring Our World of Water”
 Panel of Ocean Exploration Experts
 FIRST- International Global Ocean Literacy Panel
(Australia, Sweden, Japan, Belgium, United Kingdom)
 FIRST- Women in Leadership Panel
 Adventure to Block Island, whale
watching, kayaking, sailing, cruising,
oyster farm tour
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June 27 – July 1, 2016 Orlando, FL
“ Making Waves: Current Connections in Marine Science”
 Traditional Miccosukee Blessing
 Great Plenary Sessions
 Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA Chief Scientist
 Shark Experts Panel Discussion
 Dr. Kate Mansfield, “Sea Turtles”
 Songs of our National Parks (Megan Davenport & Gary Bremen)
 FIRST – NMEA Youth Summit
 Evenings at SeaWorld Orlando and SeaLife Aquarium
42th NMEA Conference, 2017