In October, the California Coastal Commission approved SeaWorld's $100 million expansion of killer whale tanks, called the Blue World Project, but prohibited further breeding of orcas.

SeaWorld may not breed its whales in captivity, says Calif. Coastal Commission. — -- The California Coastal Commission has approved an expansion of SeaWorld tanks in Southern California used ...

Park officials said the so-called "Blue World Project" will include constructing a 10-million-gallon orca environment, which is set to open to the public at SeaWorld San Diego in 2018.

Updated at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 2015. A state panel Thursday approved SeaWorld’s plan to nearly double the size of its killer whale enclosure but sentenced the San Diego theme park’s famed ...

San Diego is the first of SeaWorld’s three namesake parks to introduce the new 22-minute-long killer whale experience, following the announcement last year that their Orlando-based parent ...

During negotiations between SeaWorld and the Coastal Commission staff, SeaWorld has agreed to the condition that it will not house any killer whale, or use any “genetic material” from a killer ...

SeaWorld said its whales are healthier than those in the wild, even down to their dental work. But opponent John Hargrove, a former trainer, said the whales are not healthy. "Captive orcas are ...

The new environment is called "The Blue World Project." SeaWorld is also pouring more than $10 million in new funding for killer whale research and is embarking on a multi-million dollar ...

SeaWorld announced plans for its Blue World Project, which encompasses new killer whale environments at its three parks in San Diego, San Antonio and Orlando and the funding of new programs to ...

SeaWorld says the new habitat for killer whales, which will be unveiled in its San Diego park in 2018, will be nearly double the size of the current whale pools.