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Lectures

The Museum offers lectures both in-person and online, covering a wide range of topics about shells, science, conservation, and culture. Attend a program at the Museum, join for an online Zoom presentation, or view a video from our free archive of recorded lectures (see below).

Descriptions and details of the 2025 Summer/Fall online lecture series are below. Lectures in this series are via Zoom. They are free of charge, but registration is required to participate. Registration links are included with each lecture description.

Support for this series comes from the Sam and Francis Bailey Clean Water Education Center at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium and the Glenn W. Bailey Foundation.

Gulf Seafood: Sustaining Wildlife and Our Way of Life

John Fallon, Audubon Nature Institute
Thursday, October 16, 5:30pm, via Zoom
 

The Gulf is home to the second largest commercial fishery in the United States, and the seafood industry in the region provides tens of thousands of jobs and generates billions in economic impact annually. However, to ensure the seafood we love and rely upon is around for generations to come it takes good science, conservation, policy, and collaboration.
 
Join this talk, held during National Seafood Month, to learn about what makes Gulf seafood sustainable, the challenges facing fisheries in the region, and what you can do to support your local seafood industry.

John Fallon is Director of Sustainability and Coastal Conservation Initiatives at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans. For over 15 years John’s work has built programs to strengthen fisheries and sustainable seafood supply chains in the Gulf region.

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