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First Rehabilitated Sea Otter Released

An injured juvenile wild sea otter is rehabilitated by the Aquarium staff and successfully returned to the wild for the first time, a milestone in the development of what will become the Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program.

Happy Returns

After two weeks in the Aquarium's otter nursery, the 13-1/2 lb. adolescent juvenile male moves into an offshore floating pen, where staff aquarists row out twice a day to feed him. Minimal human contact keeps him from imprinting on people, and one month later he is released near Monterey Wharf #2, where he was first discovered.