Dan Ashe, AZA's president and CEO, congratulated the La Jolla-based Birch Aquarium, which is located at UC San Diego, "for achieving the world's `gold standard" for the zoological and aquarium profession."
Birch Aquarium in La Jolla will open a new exhibit featuring 16 little blue penguins by next summer. It will be the first time the 116-year-old aquarium has housed seabirds.
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