did anyone every hear of wallops islands???

[jobob]

so my syster is goin to collage for marine bio. and the marine biology club is going to wallops island in 2 weeks to stay at the marine consortium. she is taking me with her. we're goin there to catch fish for the school tanks. they went last year and i saw what they brought back. a porcupine puffer and some kind of wrasse. and other fish. does anyone live or ever went their before? hopefully i can catch some nice fish for my home tank!!!

 

[hopkins6]

i'm only 14 so i have a long time to decide what i want to be, but what does she do in her field of marine bio..

 

[hopkins6]

 

[jobob]

theres so much u can do with it. reseach, aquarium work, ecological surveying, microbio, pretty much what ever ur are in to.

 

[sato]

Huh, never heard of it. I guess thats because im still a baby in marine biology.
Dam all these gen ed classes

 

[ctgretzky9]

does your sister happen to go to Southampton college?
I remember when i went to school there they went on a trip to those islands. I had friends in that program.

 

[jobob]

no kutztown un. in pa. their are about 20 schools that go there. the marine consortium is for schools that are inland and for marine bio u need to do reseach on the ocean. so they go there. they have summer classes for them.

 

[ophiura]

I've been to a conference there. Nice field station...but it is, if I recall, a field station which means there are not a lot of luxuries.
FWIW, having experience in both - you generally do not want a marine bio degree to work at an aquarium. You want to go more into animal keeping - many aquarists don't want marine biologists as the open ocean is very different from a closed system.

 

[jobob]

yea we are only stayin the night, so we can get an early start to catch fish. ??? i dont think she is goin for aquarium work. im not sure what she plans to do?

 

[infalable]

Wallops is an aviation facility off of NC or Virginia. I forgot which one.

 

[jobob]

its Virginia, and i did read something about rocket testing that they do there. but their is a marine consortium there for marine bio reseach.