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September 11, 2025

Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Aquarium is now member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Created in 1948, IUCN has more than 1,400 member organizations and more than 17,000 experts around the world. IUCN spearheads many conservation projects worldwide, working to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve animal wellbeing.

One of these programs is the IUCN's Species Recovery Commission's Otter Specialist Group, leading global otter conservation since 1974. The Seattle Aquarium's Senior Conservation Research Manager Dr. Shawn Larson serves as the Deputy Chair of the group and as the species coordinator for sea otters along with Amy Olsen, research scientist. Larson also founded and continues to lead the biennial Sea Otter Conservation Workshop, the largest international meeting of sea otter biologists in the world. Hosted by the Seattle Aquarium since 1999, the workshop brings together the latest in sea otter research and science, with topics ranging from sea otter population status, biology and ecology to veterinary medicine, advocacy and conservation.

Larson will represent the aquarium at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in October.




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