When I was wandering the library's fish book section I found this:
"Life in a Fishbowl: Confessions of an Aquarium Director" by Murray Newman
Its the memoirs of the Vancouver Aquarium's first director/curator. Its really quite interesting, especially for those who are fishy inclined. It was published in 1994, so its a little outdated, but entertaining nontheless. One section I found really cool was the author talking about bacteria research - at the time (late 50s / early 60s) scientists were just discovering the nitrogen cycle. Also quite interesting was that one of Newman's colleagues in the aquarium business went on to create Instant Ocean, the first synthetic salt water mix.
There's some pictures in the middle, B&W, of the first orca ever captured, a giant 12 foot manta ray, all sorts of cool things.
I highly HIGHLY recommend this book. Newman is quite a good writer, rarely dry and dull, but humerous and entertaining instead. Its quite neat to 'look back in time' and see the evolution of aquariums (cheesey, but true).
Anywho, I thought I'd share that with the world. My apologies if I've got the book title wrong, I'm pretty sure thats the title.
"Life in a Fishbowl: Confessions of an Aquarium Director" by Murray Newman
Its the memoirs of the Vancouver Aquarium's first director/curator. Its really quite interesting, especially for those who are fishy inclined. It was published in 1994, so its a little outdated, but entertaining nontheless. One section I found really cool was the author talking about bacteria research - at the time (late 50s / early 60s) scientists were just discovering the nitrogen cycle. Also quite interesting was that one of Newman's colleagues in the aquarium business went on to create Instant Ocean, the first synthetic salt water mix.
There's some pictures in the middle, B&W, of the first orca ever captured, a giant 12 foot manta ray, all sorts of cool things.
I highly HIGHLY recommend this book. Newman is quite a good writer, rarely dry and dull, but humerous and entertaining instead. Its quite neat to 'look back in time' and see the evolution of aquariums (cheesey, but true).
Anywho, I thought I'd share that with the world. My apologies if I've got the book title wrong, I'm pretty sure thats the title.
