Sunday, June 10, 2018
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Harbor View Terrace, New England Aquarium

All activities are free, open to the public, and do not require Aquarium admission!

NOTE: Aquarium admission is not included in the free activities.
Girl participating in octopus game at World Oceans Day 2017 in June
Recap, photos from World Oceans Day 2018

Come celebrate our oceans with us! We are planning lots of fun activities to help you learn about our blue planet. We’re also inviting lots of like-minded groups to help share the love for our oceans. Click here to download the daily schedule. And don’t forget to sign up for a chance to win four passes for a future New England Aquarium Whale Watch!

Schedule of Events

11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Member-Exclusive Activity

12:10 p.m. – Sustainable Seafood Demonstration, with Peter McCarthy, Chef and Owner of EVOO restaurant, Cambridge, MA 

  1. Spring Pea Puree recipe
  2. Herbed Bread Crunch recipe
  3. Baked Alaskan Pollock Fillet recipe, fish provided by our partner Gorton’s Seafood, find information on the fish product here
  4. Salsa Verde recipe

1:10 p.m. – Get to Know Red’s Best: Innovating Boston’s Local Seafood Supply Chain, with Jared Auerbach, Founder of Red’s Best

1:40 p.m. – Climate Change Conversations Made Easy, with Hannah Pickard, Manager, National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation

2:20 p.m. – Comic Books and Coral Reefs: A Cartoonist’s Guide to Ocean Conservation, with Maris Wicks, science writer and illustrator

2:40 p.m. – Ocean Stewardship Award Ceremony

Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life Presentations

Throughout the event there will be presentations by scientists and researchers from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, including tables featuring:

  • Sharks, including tagging and monitoring them and the climate change work being done at our Quincy location
  • Marine Conservation Action Fund, with games made of recycled material
  • Fur seal hormone activity, based on current research
  • Lobsters, with actual animals in the tent
  • Aerial whale surveillance, featuring a game based on what our scientists see and record during a surveillance flight

Partners and Sponsors

  1. See highlights from previous festivals

    2018 World Oceans Day Festival

    2017 Worlds Oceans Day Festival