We're planning a fundraising event in a month or so with San Diego Oceans Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to stewardship of the region's marine environment. We'll reveal all the details when they've been set in stone, but as a pre-thank you for hosting the event, they gave me a little goodie bag- t-shirt, environmentally friendly cloth bag, etc. as you might expect- but the surprise was that I was also given a White Seabass!

They have a program called the "White Seabass Restoration Project" through which they raise and release seabass back into the ocean to help replenish the specie's population in our local waters. They work with Hubbs Sea World to raise the fish after they are big enough to survive, and then all of the fish are tagged before being released into the wild again. They are hoping that the fishermen who catch these bass will save the heads and report them so that they can track their progress.

There is an associated adoption program to help support this mission, and in addition, they allow any interested volunteers to learn more through hands-on experience feeding these juvenile fish, cleaning their pens, and other related work.

Anyways, since I've been gifted an adopted sea bass, I figured I should go ahead and name him/her, and that's where you come in! I'm soliciting suggestions for what to call this fish. I have Certificate of Adoption #118, and that's about all I know. Post your suggestions here on our blog (as a comment) and when we announce the details of the event, I'll include the winning name!