OPEN: Thursday - Monday 12 - 4 PM (closed Tues & Weds). Free docent tour with admission.
Speaker Event: Restoration of the Sunflower Sea Star with Reuven Bank
After a devastating disease wiped out billions of Sunflower Sea Stars & led to the near collapse of the Wests kelp forests, a group of passionate scientists formed the Sunflower Star Lab to fight back! Come learn more about what they are doing to restore this species & protect our kelp forests.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Channel Islands Maritime Museum, 3900 Bluefin Cir, Oxnard, CA 93035, USA
About the event
NEW IN JUNE! CIMM Members can join us for a special members-only meet and greet with the speaker, Reuven Bank, starting at 5:30pm in the Farr gallery. For more information on becoming a CIMM member, Click Here
Sunflower Star Laboratory (SSL) is a conservation aquaculture nonprofit dedicated to restoring the critically-endangered Sunflower Star and saving California's kelp forests. SSL was formed in 2021 by concerned community members who watched California's kelp forests disappear before their eyes and were inspired to take action.
In 2013–14, one of the largest marine disease outbreaks on record decimated sea star populations along the West Coast, turning over six billion Sunflower Stars into goo and rendering them functionally extinct in California. In part because of the loss of this keystone urchin predator, over 96% of Northern California's kelp forests have disappeared in the last decade.
Come learn about how Sunflower Star Laboratory is currently raising…
