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Georgia Aquarium buys marine park
ATLANTA - The Georgia Aquarium has bought a historic Florida marine park that houses its dolphin conservation program, officials announced Monday.
The purchase of Marineland just south of St. Augustine, Fla., comes after two and a half years of partnership between the Florida attraction and the aquarium, which is set to open to the public this year in the aquarium's $110 million expansion.
The seaside Florida park - which opened in 1938 for movie studios to film underwater sequences - has focused more on dolphin conservation research in recent years as it struggled to draw tourists.
"What we hope to do is not only preserve the heritage and history of Marineland, but to leverage the assets of both the Georgia Aquarium and Marineland to make both organizations stronger," said David Kimmel, president and chief operating officer of the aquarium, the world's largest fish tank.
Kimmel declined to say how much the aquarium paid for Marineland, but the Jacksonville (Fla.) Business Journal reported that the
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'Titanic - 12,450 Feet Below' Opens Today at Mystic Aquarium
MYSTIC, Conn., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckoning guests to "journey to new depths of discovery," Sea Research Foundation, operator of Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn., yesterday previewed its new multi-million dollar exhibit -- Titanic - 12,450 Feet Below -- at the Mystic Aquarium's newly renamed Ocean Exploration Center Exhibit Hall. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship's tragic voyage, Connecticut Governor Dannel P.
StarKist® Brings Charlie® the Tuna to Life in Happy Aquarium
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Charlie® the Tuna makes his debut as a free in-game item for Crowdstar's Happy Aquarium game on Facebook. When players engage with a 15-second video ad about StarKist's Shelf Stable line, they can unlock Charlie into their aquarium for free and care for him as their new pet fish.
Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines
HONOLULU - Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving spot. Another tour operator faces penalties for wrecking coral when it illegally dropped an anchor on a Maui reef.
Vancouver Aquarium Achieves Important Milestone for Arctic Cod Research
VANCOUVER, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Vancouver Aquarium marine biologists
have achieved a significant breakthrough in the controlled breeding of
Arctic cod, a keystone species in the Arctic ecosystem.
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