Annual Report 2015 In pursuing the health of the ocean, our Wildlife Response team rose to many challenges this year and, in many cases, was able to release previously orphaned or injured back into their wild home. From the President and CEO Additionally, our Science Department took on important projects studying external impacts on coastal ecosystems, ice seals and sea ice loss, predation, and more. It is thanks to these teams that we As 2015 approached its end, the SeaLife Center mourned the passing of a well-loved founding have a healthy group of ice seals in residence, an exciting treat for visitors and a promising research resident. Woody, a 22-year-old , had resided at the Center since its inception in 1998 and grew opportunity for our sta. up with the facility and its mission. Woody’s long and healthy life is a testament to the work the Center does and, just as importantly, the devotion and generosity of those on both sides of the glass. As a non-pro t with no guaranteed government support, the Alaska SeaLife Center relies on contributions from all sectors to achieve and maintain our goals and to keep our doors open year-round to the public. You In loving memory of Woody, the ASLC Endowment Fund has been dubbed “Woody’s Fund” to continue his can help support critical programs such as care, scienti c research, outreach, and wildlife response legacy of supporting the Center and its mission to generate and share scienti c knowledge to promote by planning a gift through our Legacy Society or by contributing to Woody’s Fund, bene ting the Center in understanding and stewardship of Alaska’s marine ecosystems. perpetuity and solidifying Woody’s legacy as a personality that inspired marine preservation, education, and prosperity. Woody is an essential page in our history book, but even more exciting is the future he helped inspire. Alaska’s marine ecosystems are constantly changing, and we are eager to study contemporary challenges, On behalf of the board, sta, volunteers, residents, and members of the Alaska SeaLife Center, I thank you for such as climate change, ocean acidi cation, and impacts on endangered and threatened species. We are also supporting our facility, our people, and our mission as we study, observe, and co-exist with Alaska’s marine excited to build productive partnerships with organizations like the Homer Stranding Network, Seldovia’s ecosystems. Rescue Center, NOAA Fisheries, and others to study, care for, and help ensure a bright future for those who utilize and depend upon marine ecosystems.

Tara L. Riemer, Ph.D. President and CEO

Horned and Tufted Puns New in the Aquarium Updating our exhibits and welcoming new marine animals into our facility furthers our goal of promoting understanding of Alaska’s marine ecosystems by providing a unique and exciting experience for every guest, year after year.

Summer of Sharks Wait—that’s a real animal!? Thanks to the intrepid mind of Ketchikan-based artist Ray Troll, guests of the Alaska SeaLife Center learned about The Buzz Saw Sharks of Long Ago, on loan from the Idaho Museum of Natural History for the summer of 2015. The exhibit included Helicoprion fossils as well as a collection of Troll’s buzz saw shark artwork, a lm documentary, a mechanized whorl tooth shark jaw, and a life-size model of the prehistoric Helicoprion bursting through the wall. In celebration of Troll’s art-meets-prehistory exhibit, we held the Summer of Sharks Grand Opening in May, featuring a presentation and book signing by Troll.

Skates of Alaska Harbor Bottom Exhibit A shiny new habitat, wide and at like its The Harbor Bottom exhibit showcases marine inhabitants, gives Alaska SeaLife Center visitors species residing near the shore, among the an up-close look at Alaska’s skates, often considered docks and boats we see from the surface. Snake Pilot Enters Breeding Program the “atter” cousins of sharks. Researchers at the pricklebacks, tanner crabs, starry ounder, and Center are simulating the nurseries of Bering big red sea urchins reside in the Harbor Bottom Pilot, a 1,000-pound Steller sea lion, entered into the Steller Sea Lion Breeding skates and the slightly smaller Alaska skates in among other species, including a school of Program this year as part of the Center’s eorts to better understand the early life order to better understand development time herring. As a system, the exhibit displays the of these large marine mammals. Pilot was born in 2009 at the Dol narium in the in skate embryos. Studying the reproductive ways in which marine species live inside, Netherlands and moved to the Alaska SeaLife Center in March of 2011. He was needs and vulnerabilities of these animals is a among, and attached to the structures and introduced to all three female Steller sea lions for breeding this summer, and sta crucial rst step towards their conservation. objects humans place in the oceans. Previously will know whether the interaction was successful in early 2016. Pilot’s entrance into on the ground oor, this exhibit has been the breeding program marks the beginning of a new era, as the previous breeding relocated upstairs to complement our Sustainable male, Woody, retired from “active duty” after the 2014 summer season. Fishing Boat exhibit. Research conducted under NMFS Permit 18534 4 Dr. Katrina Counihan and intern Rebekah Ziegman set up Research an experiment about mussels for the Changing study. With a new Science Director at the helm, the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Science Department is looking towards the future and solidifying its status as a gateway to world-class research in the North Paci c, , and Arctic Ocean. As the department evolves, it builds on existing strengths in upper trophic research and plans to expand projects related to middle trophic levels while seeking external funding in a competitive scienti c landscape.

Introducing Science Director Dr. Markus Horning In July of 2015, Dr. Markus Horning started his new appointment as Science Director at the Center. He succeeded Dr. Tuula Hollmén, who has chosen to return to a full-time research position after ve years as Science Director. Until recently, Dr. Horning was an Associate Professor at State University’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport, Oregon. He has conducted research at the Alaska SeaLife Center since its opening in 1998, after touring the facility during construction. Dr. Horning was drawn to the Center for its comprehensive science and veterinary sta, statewide logistical support, and optimally-equipped laboratories. “It’s very clear that research is a major focus of the Alaska SeaLife Center and, knowing that, I plan to continue my work here,” he said in 2000. Dr. Horning recently collaborated with former ASLC scientist Dr. Jo-Ann Mellish on a project that studied Steller sea lion predation by sleeper sharks.

Dr. Horning earned his doctorate in zoology from Germany’s University of Bielefeld and Max Planck Institution for Behavioral Physiology and went on to do research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. He then spent a decade as a scientist at Texas A&M University before joining Oregon State University’s faculty in 2006. His research focuses on integrative, ecosystem-based investigations of the life history, physiological ecology, trophic and population ecology of upper trophic marine vertebrates, as well as their predators and prey. Dr. Horning has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications.

Clams, Bears, and Changing Tides In Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks, Alaska SeaLife Center scientists led by Drs. Katrina Counihan and Tuula Hollmén are working with bivalves— lter-feeding like clams and mussels—to evaluate their health and detect changes that may be occurring in our coastal ecosystems. Dubbed “Changing Tides,” this project studies bivalves because their method of seawater lter-feeding captures contaminants and bacteria that may be in the water. The team also observes brown bears clam-digging and evaluates how the land mammals use marine resources. The goal of the project is to explore how marine intertidal invertebrates and bear populations may be inuenced by increased visitation, commercial activity, and industrial development in, around, and near coastal parks. Collaborating Organizations: National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Gulf Watch Alaska, and State University Contributors: National Park Foundation’s Coastal Marine Grant

7 Pacific Eating Key Researcher Earns Ph.D. A Dutch Harbor seafood processing plant sent With plenty of support from the Alaska SeaLife Alaska SeaLife Center researchers a collection of Center’s Science Department, researcher John Paci c cod stomachs containing partially digested Maniscalco earned his Ph.D. from the University seabirds after workers noticed the abnormal of Alaska Fairbanks with a dissertation focusing contents during processing. Dr. Tuula Hollmén on his work with Steller sea lions through the and Research Associate Sadie Ulman discovered Center’s Chiswell Island monitoring project. specimens in various stages of digestion Dr. Maniscalco joined the Chiswell project as a ranging from whole carcasses to feather and research assistant in 2000 during the project’s bones. The cod, caught in Unimak Pass among infancy and was soon promoted to research the during the winter, primarily associate and project manager. With the help ingested the crested auklet, an alcid species that of Research Associate Pam Parker, Maniscalco spends its winter in large ocks in the Bering published numerous scienti c articles based on Sea. Common murres, thick-billed murres, and his research into Steller sea lion maternal care, unidenti ed species were also discovered, mortality, predation, and more. In addition to as well as one Cassin’s auklet. Whether the cod earning his doctoral degree, Dr. Maniscalco scavenged carcasses or ingested the authored three additional scienti c publications accidentally is unknown, but the ndings oer and co-authored several studies relating to new insight into possible marine predators of Steller sea lion research over the past year. The seabirds. Alaska SeaLife Center is proud to congratulate Collaborating organizations: UAF School of Fisheries and Dr. John Maniscalco, on his most recent Ocean Sciences and University of Alaska Southeast accomplishment and to thank him for his devotion to Steller sea lion research. Contributor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ice Seals and Climate Change In 2015, the PHOCAS research program—Physiology and Health of Cooperating Ice Seals—was developed to examine species-speci c indicators of health and the unique physiology of three ice-dependent seal species: ringed (Pusa hispida), bearded (Erignathus barbatus), and spotted (Phoca largha) seals. Sea ice loss is currently progressing at an unprecedented rate, and many long-lived Arctic species may be ill-equipped to tolerate such rapid environmental change. The PHOCAS program is led by Dr. Colleen Reichmuth and is a joint eort between the Alaska SeaLife Center and the University of Santa Cruz. A novel resource available to this project is a collection of trained ringed, bearded, and spotted seals currently living at the Alaska SeaLife Center and at Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz. Currently, it is dicult or impossible to collect health and physiological data from ice-dependent seals in the wild, which makes information gained from these seals vital to the conservation and management of these species. The main objectives of PHOCAS are to conduct conservation-minded health and physiological research to determine short- and long-term energy requirements, thermal strategies, molting dynamics, and physiological constraints for all three species. Ultimately, this data will be used to more accurately determine habitat requirements, de ne physiological limitations, and predict species’ resilience to changing conditions in Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems. Mammalogist Shelby Burman works with Kunik, Collaborating Organizations: University of California Santa Cruz, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, a . University of British Columbia Contributor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

8 Animal Care Woody & Sugar When the Alaska SeaLife Center opened Every year brings new arrivals and births at the Alaska SeaLife Center, expanding our diverse family of in 1998, Woody and Sugar were two of the marine species. The Alaska SeaLife Center takes pride in providing top-of-the-line habitats, enriching rst residents, arriving from the Vancouver diets, targeted development activities, and exceptional veterinary services to our resident species. We are Aquarium where they had lived since shortly proudly accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), demonstrating excellence in animal care. after their wild births in June 1993. For two decades, Woody and Sugar contributed to the study of the precipitous decline in Steller sea Mara lion populations in the Gulf of Alaska, the largest In February, the Alaska SeaLife Center welcomed Mara, a 12 year-old Steller sea lion. Mara came from and most comprehensive captive Steller sea Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut and was previously part of a research study at the University of British lion program ever attempted. During their Columbia and . After getting used to her new home, Mara was enrolled in the ASLC lives, this charismatic duo won over the hearts Steller sea lion breeding program, designed to investigate the reproductive and maternal investment and minds of both sta and visitors, becoming practices of these marine mammals. In the summer of 2015, Mara was introduced to the in-house two of our greatest ambassadors. Sugar passed breeding male, Pilot. The information gleaned from Mara and the other adult female Steller sea lions in March at 21, Woody in November at 22; both at the Alaska SeaLife Center will further our understanding of this threatened species. were humanely euthanized due to rapidly advancing complications from old age. Woody is survived by Ellie and Forrest, born Pigeon raised by Puffins June 2013 and July 2014, respectively. This year, a pigeon guillemot pair abandoned their nest Sugar site just days before their egg was due to hatch. Rather than allow the chick inside to go cold, aviculturists placed the egg under an expecting horned pun pair. While both alcid species are closely related, a pigeon guillemot with horned pun foster parents was previously unheard of. The pun pair successfully hatched their Woody guillemot egg and began feeding the chick the next day. Aviculturists supplemented feeds during the day while the pun pair kept the chick warm and safe. At edging time, the young guillemot left the nest site and was welcomed by the eight other pigeon on habitat.

Woody’s 2,400-pound legacy lives on through Woody’s Fund, an endowment fund charitably supporting the Alaska SeaLife Center and its mission in perpetuity.

Research conducted under NMFS Permit 18534 10 Egg, Giant Paci c Octopus Moving On Mishka, a rescued sea otter, was transferred to the Seattle Aquarium in March. She made her public debut in Seattle on Super Bowl Sunday as a healthy 26-pound 6-month-old thanks to the round-the-clock care she received as part of our Wildlife Response Program. Mishka came to the ASLC as a newborn from Port Moller, Alaska where she had become entangled in shing net. Deemed non-releasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, our animal care team raised Mishka from bottle-feeding to whole sh so that she would thrive in her new home at the Seattle Aquarium, where she has joined their other resident sea otters.

After participating in over 70 Octopus Encounters with our guests, resident giant Paci c octopus, Egg, began to lose interest in feeding and became very active as the year approached its end. Acting on the tell-tale signs of readiness to mate, aquarists removed the 70-pound from the Denizens of the Deep habitat, and divers released him into , close to the beach where he had been originally found on Easter Sunday 2012, no larger than a marble.

Alaska SeaLife Center Family At the end of the year, the Alaska SeaLife Center was caring for 211 di erent species.

This brings our grand total to 4,816 individuals.

Birds 13 species, 160 individuals Aviary Birds 14 Tufted Puns 17 Horned Puns 5 Rhinoceros Auklets 8 Pigeon Guillemots Sea Cucumber 2 Black Oystercatchers 12 Common Murres 13 Red-legged Kittiwakes 5 Long-tailed Ducks Mammals 3 Harlequin Ducks Fish 5 species, 17 individuals 83 species, 1,927 individuals 3 King Eiders 6 Steller Sea Lions 2 Smews 3 Harbor Seals Invertebrates Research Eiders 3 Sea Otters 110 species, 2,712 individuals 10 Spectacled Eiders 4 Spotted Seals 66 Steller’s Eiders 1

13 Pimniq, Ringed Seal aL Se ife a C Wildlife Response k e s n a Responding to stranded animals along 34,000 miles of Alaskan coastline l t e keeps the Wildlife Response Program busy year-round. Rescuing and A r rehabilitating injured marine animals helps us understand the dangers and vulnerabilities these animals face, as well as how Alaska’s ecosystems W e are changing. A vital part of our mission, the Wildlife Response Program i s ld n keeps a keen eye on endangered and threatened species to help support li o fe Resp and sustain Alaska’s wildlife. Major Contributors: Shell Exploration and Production and ConocoPhillips Alaska Heli Released in Juneau Saving Sea Otters in Homer Heli, a female Paci c harbor seal, was rescued 2015 was an unfortunate year for many sea from a Douglas Island beach in early 2015. Heli otters, with over 300 dead or sick otters found was likely abandoned by her mother, and she on beaches in and around Kachemak Bay and was lethargic, wounded, and unable to care for Homer. The Alaska SeaLife Center worked with herself when found. Heli was named after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Veterinary Helicoprion, a prehistoric shark whose fossils were Pathology Services, and the USGS National on display for the summer of 2015. Heli lived Wildlife Health Center in eorts to understand the up to her namesake by exhibiting a tenacity to mortality increase, an ongoing investigation with thrive. The seal pup learned to care for herself multiple stressors considered. The Alaska SeaLife while at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and was Center owes many thanks to the Homer Stranding deemed releasable in October. Working with Network and Homer Veterinary Clinic, a group of NOAA Fisheries, the Wildlife Response Program about 25 volunteers devoted to marine rescue transported Heli to False Outer Point near Juneau in Kachemak Bay. This group’s contributions to where she was returned to the wild to live as an sea otter mortality response in Homer—almost independent seal. 200 miles from Seward—earned them the Alaska SeaLife Center Planet Blue Partnership Award. CISPRI and SORC: Eider Rescue Oiled Wildlife Response Over the summer, we responded to two injured The Alaska SeaLife Center has pledged its support eider sea ducks. The rst came in June from to Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. Barrow after a report that an adult male Steller’s (CISPRI) and the Sea Otter Rescue Center (SORC). eider struck a power line and suered a broken In the event of an oil spill involving sea otters in wing. Although his wing was broken in two Cook Inlet, ASLC sta will head about 200 miles places, leaving him unable to migrate, the Wildlife Ice Seal Rescue away to the SORC facility in Seldovia, near the Response team nursed him back to health and The Wildlife Response team rescued two ice seals in 2015. Pimniq, a male ringed mouth of Kachemak Bay. Situated at the edge then monitored his well-being. The eider was seal, was captured by a hunter in Stebbins in June with a very poor coat due to an of the harbor for easy ocean access, the SORC then sent to Dry Creek Waterfowl in Washington, a unsuccessful molt, and several bite wounds, as well as pneumonia and parasites. consists of eight repurposed trailers joined by private breeder working with our eider program. Kunik, a male spotted seal, was own to the Center after washing up on the beach a central corridor. This unassuming structure Kuparuk, a female King eider, was found with a near Nome at about two weeks old. Maternal neglect, emaciation, dehydration, a houses holding tanks and a treatment center broken wing by a spill readiness crew near an slew of parasites, and anemia meant Kunik needed intravenously-delivered uids including veterinary clinic, nursery, food prep active oil eld. Kuparuk’s break was too old to around the clock. Kunik and Pimniq both recovered wonderfully and now reside area, rehabilitation space, and facilities speci cally heal properly for ight, but she was cared for and at the Alaska SeaLife Center. Ice seals are dependent on sea ice and are considered geared towards oiled wildlife rescue. The SORC monitored for a month before moving to the non-releasable in Alaska when rehabilitated outside of their natural range. also features oil/water separators and deployable Toledo Zoo to join other sea ducks in an Arctic pens for nearby ocean rescue. animal exhibit.

14 Education Round-Up Sea Journey Alaska Science and Education Program Participants This year kicked o the two-year Sea Journey Math Conference Each year brings new opportunities to educate visitors and students Nocturnes 3,130 program, which will provide the opportunity for 5th grade students from Title I schools in ASLC educators joined other K-12 educators in the local area and around the world. Virtual Field Trips and Distance Day Programs 1,105 Learning programs transport the Alaska SeaLife Center to the Anchorage to become “connected” to the lives of from throughout the state to participate in the classroom via modern technology and devoted educators. We also Distance Learning 6,190 marine animals. On September 1, all 50 eligible biennial Alaska Science and Math Conference, teachers attended the orientation workshop. held this year in Sitka. The ASLC presented a serve urban and rural communities throughout Alaska, teaching Outreach Trips 4,004 students and sharing best practices in informal marine science During the fall semester, nearly 1,200 students morning workshop on how to productively talk communication with other educators. Thousands of students also Road Scholars 718 boarded buses for special programs at the about climate change and ocean acidi cation visited the Center for on-site Nocturnes or Sea Journeys, thanks in aquarium. In the spring, these students will with K-12 students. Based on lessons learned part to generous sponsors. create local stewardship projects informed by from previous teacher workshops, we also their Alaska SeaLife Center experiences. shared best practices for teaching ocean literacy principles in the classroom. Pinnacle Award Ocean Acidification Workshop Village Outreach The Alaska SeaLife Center’s Distance Learning Program was again recognized by the Center For more than ten years, the Education for Interactive Learning and Collaboration for its exceptional content quality and delivery. Department has facilitated teacher workshops In partnership with the National Park Service’s The Center has been presenting to classrooms around the world since 2007, making over with the Oceans Alaska Science & Learning Oceans Alaska Science & Learning Center, our 2,300 connections to more than 68,000 students. Center. In March 2015, we traveled to Juneau educators spent six weeks in 2015 ying to to conduct our rst regional workshop outside rural communities for marine science outreach. of the southcentral area. Seventeen teachers We spent time with students in Sand Point, from ten communities in southeast Alaska spent Port Graham, Nanwalek, Seldovia, Shishmaref, two and a half days with us at NOAA’s Auke Nome, Selawik, Kotzebue, Chignik Bay, Perryville, Bay Laboratories to discuss ocean acidi cation King Salmon, Haines, Pelican, and Tenakee curriculum for students in grades 4-6. In the fall, Springs. ASLC educators traveled to Sitka, Kake, Petersburg, Skagway, Haines, Ketchikan, and Juneau to conduct follow-up evaluation on the impact of Education Sponsors this workshop in the classrooms. Sponsor support continues to provide opportunities for outreach to underserved students and communities. The Ocean Sciences Gulf Watch Alaska VFT Club for Seward middle and high school students In the wake of the , Gulf explored marine science topics for a fourth year, Watch Alaska is a collaborative program which thanks to the Seward Community Foundation. monitors ecosystems impacted by the 1989 oil Wells Fargo sponsored this year’s monthly Family spill. In partnership with this program’s outreach Science Nights. Thanks to the Usibelli Foundation, team, Alaska SeaLife Center educators created ASLC educators presented marine science to an online Virtual Field Trip that introduces 1,200 students in the North Star School District. participants to the Gulf Watch Alaska monitoring ExxonMobil sponsored visits to the aquarium program. This Virtual Field Trip includes an for 455 Title I students in the optional curriculum along with classroom Borough School District. Donlin Gold connected activities. us to classrooms in the Kuskokwim area. Saltchuk sponsored visits by Mountain View and Fairview Elementary 5th graders. CIRI and CIRI Alaska Educators Je Dillon and Darin Trobaugh connect Tourism contributed to the Sea Journey bus fund, Kotzebue students to the aquarium tanks in Seward. assisting classrooms in their voyage to Seward.

17 At the peak of summer, the Wildlife Rescue Run saw over 130 participants cross Events and Awards the nish line while proudly supporting the Center’s wildlife response eorts. 2015’s Rescue Run was one of our most successful, thanks to the sta, volunteers, Hosting and taking part in various events throughout the year provides fun opportunities for and participants that made the event possible. involvement and giving, and is also an engaging way of thanking communities for their unwavering support of our mission. Community Involvement Supporting Our Mission Special occasions that bring people together Providing opportunities for giving is an integral are a great way to show our appreciation for part of our commitment to stewarding Alaska’s the communities we serve. The Alaska SeaLife ocean ecosystems, and 2015 had its share of Center kicked o the tourist season with a successful events. The Alaska SeaLife Center grand opening of the Summer of Sharks in May, welcomes each new year with the annual Alaska which featured a presentation by Alaskan artist Marine Gala, a “blue-tie” event during which Ray Troll. Ocean Leadership Awards are bestowed and all those in attendance enjoy live music, dinner, The Seward area of Alaska was also selected to and drinks while pledging support to the Alaska contribute this year’s Capitol Christmas tree, SeaLife Center’s animal care, education, and Alaska’s rst. The Alaska SeaLife Center was research programs. proud to host the Capitol Christmas Tree celebration organized by the Seward Chamber To celebrate World Oceans Day in June, the Alaska of Commerce. Though the 80-foot Lutz spruce SeaLife Center teamed up with Major Marine Capitol Tree departed in October, over 500 Tours aboard their new fuel-ecient touring community members came back to the Center vessel to oer an evening cruise punctuated by in December for our annual Christmas Holiday Dr. John Maniscalco’s sea lion presentation and Party, featuring a visit by Santa. an encounter with some of our resident Seabird Ambassadors.

Ocean Leadership Awards The Ocean Leadership Awards, established in 2010, recognize individuals and organizations that have made signi cant contributions to ocean sciences, education, and resource management in Alaska. 2015 Award Winners

Walter J. and Ermalee Hickel Stewardship and Sustainability Award Lifetime Achievement Award Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Al Burch Vessel of Opportunity Program Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council Marine Science Outreach Award Benjamin Carney Marine Research Award Juneau-Douglas High School Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier & Dr. Lee Cooper University of Maryland Ocean Youth Award Center for Environmental Science Alisa Aist Polaris K-12 School, Anchorage

18 Coming in 2016 Financial Summary As of September 30, 2015 (unaudited) The Alaska SeaLife Center is always looking for new opportunities to showcase dierent facets of the dynamic ocean environment at our doorstep. We’re excited to announce new exhibits and projects that will continue to promote our mission and oer even more reasons for visitors to discover or re-discover the Alaska SeaLife Center in 2016. Revenues 2015 Grants & Contracts Underwater Viewing Renovations 2015 Revenues Capital Improvement 3% North Paci c Marine A freshly painted mural depicting humpback whales diving and feeding in Resurrection Bay kicked o Grants & Contracts 4,059,979 Grants & Contracts renovations to Underwater Viewing, our ground-oor exhibit area providing below-the-surface views of Research Institute Capital Improvement seals, sea lions, diving marine birds, and deep water creatures such as octopus and king crab. Additional 3% Investment & Other Visitor Grants & Contracts 401,825 renovations will include facelifts on existing exhibits, as well as multiple new, hands-on exhibit components. 4% Fiscal Agent Fees The Denizens of the Deep exhibit will also undergo extensive changes to get ready for its new resident. Visitor 2,772,759 Contributions Egg, the previous Denizens dweller, was released in December after reaching maturity. The new and 9% Contributions Contributions 819,624 45% improved Underwater Experience will be unveiled May 1, 2016. Grants Fiscal Agent Fees 397,917 & Contracts Fiscal Agent Fees

Ice Seals on Habitat Investment & Other 286,523 31% Visitor Research Education Investment & Other This year, Tunu and Amak returned to our research program and aquarium display. These spotted seals, North Paci c Marine 5% Capital Improvements Wildlife Response Grants & Contracts a type of ice seal, rst came to the Alaska SeaLife Center through our Wildlife Response program in 2010, Research Institute 290,250 Facility Operations and were later relocated to Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz, California. Now back in Alaska, Tunu General Management Total Revenues 9,028,877 Fundraising North Pacific Marine and Amak are a part of an ongoing research partnership and will spend much of their time in the seal Visitor Services Research Institute habitat. Animal Care North Pacific Marine Research Institute We also rescued two more ice seals in 2015: ringed seal Pimniq, rescued as a yearling, and spotted seal Kunik, named after the Inuit word for “nose-kiss,” a common seal greeting. Pimniq and Kunik join Sura, a spotted seal rescued in 2014, as well as new arrivals Tunu and Amak. Our family of ice seals is part of a Expenses 2015 research program studying ice-dependent seals in a time of unprecedented sea ice loss. These seals also play an important role in familiarizing our guests with Arctic species and their current challenges, Mission Programs inspiring compassion and understanding as they glide by. The Alaska SeaLife Center is proud to be the Research 2,012,391 4% Wildlife Response only facility in showcasing these polar region seals. Education 386,128 4% Education Wildlife Response 424,760 20% Research Facility Operations 3,345,713 3% North Paci c Marine General Management 915,955 Research Institute 33% Fundraising 327,369 Facility Operations Visitor Services 1,084,764 13% Animal Care Animal Care 1,258,958 11% Visitor Services North Paci c Marine 3% Fundraising Research Institute 290,536 9% General Management 2015 Expenses Total Expenses 10,046,574

Net Assets at End of Year 44,127,930 Tunu & Amak Research conducted under NMFS Permit 14535 21 PacRim Coal, LP Individual Donors William Odom Thank You Donors Premier Alaska Tours Clarence Pautzke Seward Brewing Company and Maureen McCrea October 2014 - September 2015 Legacy Society Members Southside Bistro Tara Riemer $5,000+ North Paci c Fishery Statoil John Schwieder $10,000+ Corporate and Management Council TelAlaska Barbara Weinig Alaska Airlines Olgoonik Fairweather LLC Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. Steve Cross Janet Wolf Foundation Donors Alaska Seafood Petro 49 Inc. Dale Homan Julie and Shane Woodworth Marketing Institute $250,000+ /Petro Marine Services $250+ Paul Rupple Aleutian Pribilof Island Prince William Sound RCAC $500+ 2 Chicks Steel Art Shell Exploration Community Development Providence Seward Medical $5,000+ Chip and Teri Arnold & Production Company Association and Care Center Alaskan Reections Thomas and Sheila Barrett CIRI Alaska Tourism Spenard Builders Supply Ian and Karla Dutton Arctic Qiviut Don and Consuelo Bauermeister $100,000+ Great Bear Petroleum St. Paul Island Tours Le Grin Bass Pro Shops Alaska Outpost Martin Cary and Laura Thorpe Icicle Seafoods Visit Anchorage Carole and Bruce Jaa Anonymous Bluejuice Images Bret Chambers Odom Corporation Wells Fargo Foundation Sam and Julie Korsmo ConocoPhillips and Cindy Parsons Saltchuk Resources, Inc. Breeze Inn Senator Peter Micciche Rasmuson Foundation Doug Chapados Samson Tug & Barge Capital Genealogy and Erin Micciche $1,000+ Jayne and Steve Crupi Usibelli Foundation Center for Inquiry Alice Rogo $50,000+ Alaska Commercial Fishing Chinook Winds Norman and Patricia Custard Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Mike Faust and Melina Westall BP $2,000+ and Agriculture Bank $2,000+ Joseph and Allison Fong Georgia Aquarium Alaska Wildlife Denali Brewing Company Alaska Clean Seas Kimberley and Matthew Fox National Park Foundation Conservation Center Faux Studio Susan and Jeerson Childs Alaska Paci c University Captain Jack's Seafood Locker Fish Lips & Bird Teeth Studio Karen Hagedorn Janette and Doug Garrison Alaska Wildland Adventures Dan and Kim Graham $20,000+ Escape Salon and Spa Helly Hansen Inc. Dr. Laura Levoy and Brian Gates Alyeska Pipeline Service J & R Fisheries HIS Designs Harry and Pat McDonald Drs. Michelle Hensel Alaska Public Media Company /Kruzof Fisheries LLC Hope Valley Crafts Candice McDonald and Robb Reeg ExxonMobil Apache Alaska Corp Lynden Ivory Jack's Laura Mendola Josie Hickel Sea World & Busch Gardens Arcadis US, Inc. Northrim Bene ts Group Johnson's Tire Service Tina Pidgeon and Tim Fitzpatrick Allie High Conservation Fund Bering Sea Fishermen's PenAir k.armenta designs Janet Platt and Terry Hu Susan Humphrey Barnett Association Shoreside Petroleum K2 Aviation V Rae and Frank Prewitt David Henry Jacobs $10,000+ Burch Brothers Fish LLC Stoney Creek Canopy NMS Lodging Glenn Reed Robin and Ed Korn eld Burns & McDonnell Pamela's Cottage Sam Krogstad Corporation Adventures City of Seward Raven Moon Studios and Rebecca Fox-Krogstad At-Sea Processors Association Whale Bone Watercolors $1,000+ Danger Island Studios Siciliano Photography Julie and Michael Lina Caelus Energy Alaska LLC Edison Chouest Oshore Skinny Raven Sports Michael and Judy Blair Brett Long Donlin Gold LLC $500+ Great Originals Sportman's Warehouse Sandra Blinstrubas Robyn and Eric McGhee GCI Hotel Seward Alaska Black Diamond Stan Stephens Glacier and Chuck Schumann Michael and Corinne McVee Major Marine Tours Jaa Construction Aquatech & Wildlife Cruises Michael Brittain M.J. Menendez Marie Keese LeLash KPMG Arctic Crown Canvas Steel Knight Designs Jason and Robyn Brune and Lynn Johnson Foundation, Inc. Microcom Communications Exit Glacier Guides Cary Carrigan Maya and Michael Moriarty Oceans of Fun Solutions First National Bank Alaska Ed Hutchinson Andy Mormon Point De ance NANA Development Corporation GEICO Philanthropic Foundation and Jan Knutson Laura Morse Zoological Society North American Marine Metco, Inc. Maggie Kelly and John Braden Richard Navitsky Seward Community Foundation Environment Protection Michael David Winery Terry Lauck and Tanya Leinicke Association Orca Island Cabins and Allyson Parker-Lauck Jo Ann and Rick Nelson

22 23 Laura and Crawford Patkotak Paul Fuhs Royce and Shari Morgan Heather and Jeremy Ptak Darla Gerlach Hazel Nelson and George Pappas Matt and Dana Raney Mike and Mary Goolie Ron Newcome and Connie Alsup Cli and Shayla Reid David R. Gottstein Teresa and Tom Newins Kevin and Sarah Robbins Stephen Grabacki Linnea and Wes Newman Daniel Samelson and Marianne Kerr Jacqueline and Ronald Nitz and Mary Jocelyn Perry Grace Greene Deborah and Bill O'Leary Kwangsook P. Schaefermeyer Sanjana Greenhill Jennifer and Jack Ransom Karin Schmidt Amy and William Hankins Ronald and Kimberly Reierson Carol Sturgulewski Chris and Judy Harrold Marilyn Romano and Brian Hove Thomas and Mary Tougas Jessica and Adam Heafner Ralph Samuels Jan and Jeraldine van den Top Josh and Christina Hendrickson and Portia Babcock Karyn Warner and James Hoeer John and Mary Beth Hermans Sandy and Edward Sanders Jason and Renae Werner Bill and Sarah Hines Heather and John Shank Hester Whitcher Richard Hocking Katherine and Kevin Smiley Cris and Bill Zack Joe and Lyudmila Holder Daniel and Brittany Smith Daniel Hull and Nancy Pease Jessica Spuhler $250+ James and Diane Hunt George and Ann Stadnicky Kelly Hurd and Mike Hondel Christopher and Faye Stiehm Mary Paige and Steve Abbott Warren and Mary Huss Laree and Marc Stone Jennifer and Corey Aist Abou and Maria Ismael Ryan and Carly Stuart John and Marcy Baker Cyndi and Joseph Jaa Sharon Sullivan Ted Baran Marilyn and Calvin Kerr Ms. Susan Swiderski Carla Beam Lynn Kloke Donna Talamantes Bill and Kristina Brophy Eleanor Koteen Lindy and Scott Theis Louis and Ann Brzuzy and Barbara Shive Teresa Thompson Diana Burch Linda and Leah Kumin Mead Treadwell Deena Chafton David and Natalie Lamson Joe Turak and Emilie Nyberg Basia Christ Terry Rude and Lori Landstrom Joann Varner Jake and Kristina Collins Dennis Lassuy and Judy Jacobs Sarah Webster and Derek Meier Chuck and Shirley Coulson Wendy Lindskoog Rich and Cindy Weiler Sam and Mary Daniel and Dave Parish Joan and Charles Weissman Kristy Darr and Niki Countryman Alan Lorimer and Susan DiPrete Michelle Weston Gregory and Elizabeth Davis Rebecca Leigh Malick and Marco Zacarro David and Donna de Gruyter Bill and Penelope Mans Michael Williams Bruce and Bonna Downs Llana Markey Ken Winterberger Shelly Driscoll Victor and Kathy Martin and Paula Smith Willard and Beverly Dunham Sharon May Mark and Laura Erickson Dennis and Stephanie McMillian Eric and Mary Febbo Jo-Ann Mellish Mark Fitzgerald and Anne Salzer and Steve MacLean Note: Donors who contributed Patrick Foley Zori Mendel from their 2015 Permanent Fund Stan and Sally Foo Bob Mennis Dividend will be recognized in the RoxAnne 2016 annual report. Mark and Roslyn Mitchell and Gereon Fredrickson Lexie and Eric Mizeras Harlequin Duck

24 2015 Board of Directors Alaska SeaLife Stephen Grabacki James Hunt Bret Chambers Terry Lauck FISHEYE Consulting City of Seward Great Bear Petroleum ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Chairman City of Seward Designee Susan Childs Wendy Lindskoog Ryan Stuart Ted Baran Shell Exploration & Alaska Railroad Law Oce of HUB International Production Company Corporation LEGACY SOCIETY Ryan A. Stuart, P.C. Northwest, LLC Vice Chairman Ed Gra Janet Platt Your Legacy Is Our Future Thomas Barrett Anchorage School District BP Exploration, Alaska You can be a part of the Alaska SeaLife Center’s critical work by leaving a gift through your estate plans. Willard Dunham Alyeska Pipeline A planned gift allows you to support our mission after your lifetime so future generations can enjoy the Retired Service Company Dan Graham Glenn Reed bounty of Alaska’s oceans. Anyone, regardless of age or nancial status, can create a legacy gift to the Secretary PacRim Coal, LLC Paci c Seafood Don Bauermeister Processors Association Alaska SeaLife Center. Larry Cooper Friedman and Rubin Dale Ho man Northrim Bank Caelus Energy Alaska, LLC Marilyn Romano Treasurer Bill Brophy Alaska Airlines How to Make a Planned Gift Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. Kimberly Jordan A planned gift can be as simple as naming the Michael Castellini, Ph.D. ExxonMobil Alaska Paul Rupple Alaska SeaLife Center in your will or designating the Center as a beneciary on your retirement plan University of Alaska Jason Brune Federal Express or life insurance policy. The Alaska SeaLife Center Endowment Fund, established through the Alaska Fairbanks Cook Inlet Region, Inc. Maggie Kelly Corporation UA Designee (CIRI) Alaska Visitor Services Community Foundation, enables additional options for planned gifts through the Foundation’s unique Tom Tougas expertise. Daniel White, Ph.D. Martin Cary Robin Korneld Major Marine Tours University of Alaska GCI Communications Piksik, LLC UA Designee Keefer Brown Benets of Planned Giving Junior Board Member When you notify us about your gift, we will enroll you in the Alaska SeaLife Legacy Society. You will receive invitations to special events and be recognized in our annual report and e-newsletters, unless you choose to remain anonymous. All communications you 2015 Scientific Advisory Committee have with our sta about planned giving is strictly condential. Michael Castellini, Ph.D. Louis Brzuzy, Ph.D. George Hunt, Ph.D. Diana Stram, Ph.D. University of Alaska Shell Exploration & University of Washington North Paci c Fishery Fairbanks Production Company Management Council Committee Chair Tahzay Jones, Ph.D. Dirk Derksen, Ph.D. National Park Service Robert Suydam, Ph.D. David Beauchamp, Ph.D. USGS Biological Services North Slope Borough Members of the University of Washington (Retired) Janet Platt, M.S. Alaska SeaLife Legacy Society BP Exploration Alaska Tom Weingartner, Ph.D. John Bengtson, Ph.D. Frances Gulland, University of Alaska Michael and Judy Blair National Marine Mammal D.V.M., Ph.D. Fairbanks Darla Gerlach Laboratory The Marine Mammal Center Dale Ho man Ed Hutchinson and Jan Knutson Tara Riemer 2015 Senior Management Team Paul Rupple Tara Riemer, Ph.D. Chip Arnold Carrie Goertz, D.V.M. Laurie Morrow President and CEO Operations Director Sta Veterinarian Education Director We are grateful to those who support the Alaska SeaLife Center through planned giving. Allie Russo Cindy Ecklund Markus Horning, Ph.D. Darryl Schaefermeyer Executive Assistant Human Resources Director Science Director Special Projects Director Through your gift, you are ensuring that future generations will learn about and care for Alaska’s oceans. To learn more about how to enroll in the Legacy Society, please contact our Nancy Anderson Jennifer Gibbins Brett Long Sylvia Tennies Development Oce at 907-224-6396 or [email protected]. Senior Development Marketing and Husbandry Director Finance Director Manager Communications Director

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