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Sea Life logo, Helsinki

Sea Life Centres are a chain of commercial sealife-themed attractions. There are twenty-six centres located in Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, Portugal and the USA. The chain is owned by Merlin Entertainments.

Attractions

Sea Life Centres are marketed to families seeking an easy, entertaining and educational experience. They are marketed by owners Merlin Entertainments as a "friendly and authoritative guide to the last great frontier...the seas and oceans of the world and their myriad mysterious and amazing inhabitants."

Each centre combines modern glass and display technology, biological expertise and entertainment to provide themed journeys through European and tropical waters. This often provides close encounters with sealife, from shrimps and starfish to seahorses, sharks and stingrays.

Sea Life Centres also claim to champion the cause of marine conservation, through education, awareness and, wherever possible, direct action.

Seal Sanctuaries

Seal Sanctuaries operate from three centres in the United Kingdom: the National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek in Cornwall; the Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary in Norfolk; and the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary at Oban.

SOS campaigns

Since 2001 all Sea Life Centre conservation, rescue and campaigning work has come under the SOS scheme, an acronym for Save Our Seas.

SOS supports the work of numerous wildlife charities and campaign groups including Greenpeace, the Worldwide Fund for Nature, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Each centre also has a headline campaign which change on an annual or bi-annual basis, which in the past have called for increased protection for Loggerhead Sea Turtles, and restrictions on the practice of shark-finning.

Locations

UK

National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, United Kingdom

UK Theme Park Resorts:

Germany

Sea Life Centre in Königswinter, Germany

US

Themepark location:

Under construction:

Rest of Europe (Nicknamed rebels of Europe by centre managers)

Themepark locations:

References

  1. ^ "German 'psychic' octopus predicts victory for Spain". BBC News. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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