This Saturday, help the aquarium by counting dolphins!
This is a great opportunity to make helping out the local ecosystem a fun part of your OC vacation. From Ocean City Today:
“Residents and visitors are invited to help measure the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin population by counting them as they appear along the 26-mile shoreline during a three-hour period. The local event will coincide with a similar event in Delaware. Beach count locations in Ocean City will be at 20th, 40th, 65th, 80th, 100th and 120th streets. To participate in the count, volunteers should show up before 9 a.m. at the count headquarters on 40th Street or at any other location. Look for people wearing blue aquarium T-shirts. The count will take place from 9 a.m. until noon.”
The purpose of this annual dolphin census is to help the Baltimore Aquarium monitor the local dolphin population for numbers, health and demographics. Over the last couple of years, the aquarium has invited the public to help with the count in order to get the local communities involved and educate people about dolphins and the efforts to protect them.