[SEMCO] Tracking New England's Lined Seahorse

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
July 3, 
2015 
Teresa Izzo
                                                                        508-896-3867 
ext. 137
                                                               tizzo at ccmnh.org

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
Tracking New England's Lined Seahorse
with
David Wedge, Senior Aquarist, New England Aquarium

BREWSTER, MA ­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster is proud to present Tracking 
New England’s Lined Seahorse with David Wedge, 
Senior Aquarist, New England Aquarium  Monday, August 3, 2015 at 1pm.

As senior aquarist, David is responsible for the 
aquarium's Wet Lab education outreach 
invertebrates "Edge of the Sea" tide pool touch 
exhibit, specializing in the Lined Seahorse 
Hippocampus erectus or spotted seahorse. The 
Lined Seahorse lives in the Atlantic Ocean as far 
north as Canada and as far south as the 
Caribbean, Mexico, and Venezuela. The habitat of 
the lined seahorse is diminishing due to coastal 
growth and pollution, which ultimately is the 
cause of the decreasing population and is 
contributing to their “vulnerable” status as a species.

David will discuss his collaboration with the 
Vero Beach Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida 
assisting them in the collection process of small 
tissue samples of wild Lined Seahorses in order 
to create a genetic profile of their distribution 
and populations along the East Coast. He will 
also introduce an online citizen science 
application that anyone can use to identify when 
and where a seahorse has been found in any part 
of the world as well as the New England 
Aquarium's participation in the Species Survival 
Plan for captive Lined Seahorses in the Aquarium industry.

  The presentation will be held at the Museum on Monday, August 3rd at 1pm.

Free with Museum Admission

  For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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