Finding a Collecting Trip

The Coral Reef II is regularly chartered for collection, education, and conservation trips by diverse institutions and organizations, including the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Albuquerque Aquarium, the University of Miami, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and of course Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. The boat is normally in use more than thirty weeks a year on seven to ten day expeditions.

Most aquariums solicit volunteers to help have a website where upcoming trips are posted. Contact the Shedd to see who has charted the boat. (www.shedd.org, or call 312-939-2438) Or you can contact your local public aquarium to learn if they have fish collecting trips. Check dive magazines and trade publications for press releases recruiting participants.