One of Anwhistle Aquatics's roles was in the Volatile Fungus Deportation program, wherein Gregor Anwhistle cultivated the Medusoid Mycelium in the Gorgonion Grotto and investigated possible use as a weapon against the enemies of V.F.D. The center also trained salmon under the Voluntary Fish Domestication program, until the entire fleet was seized by Café Salmonella. Lemony Snicket apparently worked at Anwhistle Aquatics while he was writing The Wide Window, as he mentions that he worked at a "rhetorical advice center."