Summary: As COVID-19 spread, Seattle Aquarium was one of the first facilities in the U.S. to announce it was closing to the public. Their new Director of Life Sciences, Grant Abel, is all too familiar with dealing with regional pandemics from previous posts in Asia. He describes the decision process, evolving plans, and the fiscal and operational challenges to ensuring the aquarium's collection of fish, marine mammals, birds, and staff members are well cared for as the medical community hopes to "flatten the curve."
