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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Gregory Stone. Timecode In: 00:39:38. Timecode out: 00:45:20. Notes: New England Aquarium. Subject 2: California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Subtitle: Captive animal. Timecode In: 01:05:55. Timecode out: 01:09:34. Habitat: Urban. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS: "Oceans of Life" .. Log of Overfishing DAT #1 May 25, 1995 New England Aquarium Ambi Interview with Greg Stone 39:38 AC: tell me about the message of aquariums, and what your new message will be.... GS: my name is greg stone, associate director of the new england aquarium for conservation programs. aquariums originally presented fish and animals to people in a very victorian sense, kind of like an animal inside a picture frame. in the original cases it was an aquarium box. then the new england aquarium was the first major aquarium of this size, and we presented the fish, the animals and the ecosystem in which they lived. and now, the next generation......PLANE in BG..TAKE 2 ........aquariums in the first wave, which was the early part of the century, presented fish in a very victorian sense -fish in a box of water -and that was fascinating to people then. and then, about 25 years ago [car honking in the bg] aquariums began a new wave which was lead by the new england aquarium, where they presented fish in their ecosystems. and now we are starting the next generation which i think is terribly exciting, where we show the fish, the ecosystem, and the relationship of that fish and that ecosystem to people or human society. and it's that connection we have to make between people and the natural world in order to conserve it and stop a lot of the rampant problems we have today due to' population growth. blc people are interested in themselves and other people primarily. and if you can draw relationships between people and the natural world, you get the message across. and it's not always a bad message. 41:13 AC: what is that message in relation to oceans and biodiversity? GS: well the main message is that people, whether you live on the coast, and are pulling fish out of the ocean every day to eat or whether you live in the middle part of the united states are entirely dependent on the oceans for their health, their well-being -the maintenance of our planet as a place that can support us is completely dependent on the oceans and the oceans are 99% of livable volume on our planet is the oceans. If someone came in from outer space and zoomed by the earth, and didn't have time to stop, and just kept on to the next planet they would make a note in their notebook that said: 'earth, marine habitat', they would leave it at that. the marine habitat dominates the biosphere, the biosystem of our planet far more than anybody realizes. and that to me is the major take home message that we try to get across to people through aquarium experiences. and they are open to it -you see that this is one of the happiest places in boston. people are thrilled with the animals and the aquatic world that they are able to see. 42:24 AC: we are talking in this particular part of our story in -this particular part of..........we are on our way to Georges bank, this aspect of our show has to do with fisheries and overfishing. how does that work into your museum. i noted before that the exhibit -perhaps conditions have changed a little since the exhibit on fishing went in [gs: yes]. 43:05 gs: well our -the major message that we get across to people through some of our exhibits and other outreach programs and forms we run, is that fish are wildlife, and that's a concept that most people don't understand. fish are not like the wheats we grow in kansas, in the midwest -they are not like the corn and the vegetable we grow... [pause: airplane ac: that's a great concept... ] the main thing that w... (Notes truncated)
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