Sharks
Not Sharks
Corals and Reef Fish
Partnerships & Messaging
Guest Outreach
100

Project aimed to re-establish healthy, self-sustaining, and resilient populations of zebra sharks through the introduction of juveniles bred in participating AZA facilities. 

What is the StAR Project? (Reshark)

100

Georgia Aquarium has partnered with who to save what animal from starvation in Florida's springs? (2 answers)

What is the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) // What are manatees?

100
Staghorn and Elkhorn are grown in this habitat and then sent to the Florida Keys for planting. 

What is Tropical Diver?

100

Carriage Kia sponsors this major podcast available on all major streaming services.  

Life Below the Surface

100

In 2021, how many guests participated in a Behind the Seas tour? (+/- 1,000)

39,000

200

Collaborated with GAI on this citizen science program located in North Carolina.

What is Spot a Shark?

200

Georgia Aquarium began a partnership with this organization to help with penguin populations in South Africa. 

What is the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB)?

200

When Tropical Diver first opened, where did the majority of the fish come from?

What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?

200

Georgia Aquarium partnered with this company to release a limited edition item ("these frames don't bite") that promotes conservation of aquatic biodiversity throughout the world.

What is goodr?

200

In 2021, how many guests participated in our Sleep Under the Seas Program? (+/- 1,000)

3,000

300

Turns out whale sharks aren't the only sharks being studied by GAI in the Galapagos. Dr. Lisa Hoopes is obtaining blood and tissue samples from tiger, silky, and Galapagos sharks to explore what?

What is relationship between plastic ingestion (microplastics) and diet?

300

These animals frequent GAI's offsite facility in the winter months and are released when temperatures go back up. 

What are sea turtles?

300

Georgia Aquarium, along with 19 other organizations, have saved nearly 2000 corals from what disease? 

Stony coral tissue disease. 
300

Georgia Aquarium signed a Memorandum of Understanding with this country to assist them with navigating a more "blue economy" and establish MPA's.

What is Jamaica? 

300

What is GAI's largest fundraising event?

What is Aqua Vino?

400

These institutions worked with GAI to complete a whale shark genome map using DNA from our sharks. 

What is Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Emory University?

400

In 2018, GAI began working with NOAA on a metabolic study that will provide insight on the metabolism and energy use in what animal? 

What are beluga whales?

400

Georgia Aquarium Partnership with the largest reef restoration organization in the world.

What is Coral Restoration Foundation?

400

Georgia Aquarium is a strategic partner with this nonprofit to aid in creating "Hope Spots" throughout the globe.

What is Mission Blue?

400

In 2021, how many schools visited GAI? (+/- 50)

207

500
This was used by researchers to scan the bulging bellies of female whale sharks to discover they are not pregnant.  

What is a whale shark ultrasound?

500

Georgia Aquarium is rotating staff members to Long Beach, California for 2 weeks at a time to assist stranding facilities that are over run by what sick animal? 

What are sea lions and other pinnipeds?

500

A cutting-edge aquarium trailer system designed to transport nursey-raised corals to the reef. It can monitor and regulate water temperature, pH, filtration, and water flow.

What is the "Coral Bus?"

500

Georgia Aquarium is now a _________ through a partnership with the IUCN. GAI is 1 of 3 centers in the USA that contributed knowledge and expertise to global plans that save wildlife. 

What is the Center for Species Survival?

500

In 2021, how many students participated in instructor-led programs? (+/- 100)

1,610