(top) Cap Woman Megan Kilroy, 17, President of Santa Monica High School's “Team Marine” talks to visitors during Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium annual Earth Weekend on Saturday, April 18, 2009. (above) Shirin Bhagwagar, 17, member of Santa Monica High School's “Team Marine” glues a bottle cap creating a mosaic shark during Earth Weekend at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium

The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is Heal the Bay’s marine education facility located beach-level, just below the Carousel, at the Santa Monica Pier. The Aquarium is open to the general public and attracts more than 85,000 visitors per year. Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. They use research, education, community action and advocacy to pursue their mission.