Update about the programm and the released seahorses :
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium creates environment to conserve endangered White’s Seahorse species - Australasian Leisure Management
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Update about the programm and the released seahorses :
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium creates environment to conserve endangered White’s Seahorse species - Australasian Leisure Management
Sydney Aquarium have announced that they have bred another batch of approximately 100 White's Seahorses in the last few months. They will be released into the wild when they are six to seven months old:
Source: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium's Facebook page
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Sydney Aquarium have commenced a breed-for-release programme for Southern Pygmy Perch in collaboration with the Department of Primary Industries Fisheries: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Eight Gentoo Penguins and four King Penguins have arrived from SEA LIFE Melbourne for breeding purposes. They join Sydney's group of seven King Penguins and 35 Gentoo Penguins: Penguins settle in to Sydney aquarium
Sea Life Sydney's three (1.2) Leopard Sharks are participating in a programme aiming to restore wild populations of this species in the Indo-Pacific. The founder eggs were initially exported to West Papua, Indonesia in August 2022. The eggs hatched and the first sharks were released. An additional shipment occurred this year with two female sharks hatching. It is predicted that at the release site, Raj Ampat, only 20 wild sharks remain so the aquarium is continuing to work with the StAR Project to restore this species. If I remember correctly as well, Sea World Gold Coast are also participating with this initiative: The StAR Project - ReShark and SEA LIFE Sydney's breeding program for endangered zebra sharks
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Three female Little Penguins have been transferred from the National Zoo and Aquarium. The aquarium hope to breed them soon with their many males: Little Lovebirds
Update from my visit (17/11/2024):
I had a brief, but enjoyable visit to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium on 17/11/2024. Not too much news to report, other than a new rock pool zone opens tomorrow. It will feature sea stars, crabs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and fish species.
Photos from my visit here:
Sydney Aquarium - ZooChat
Thank you to @WhistlingKite24, @Great Argus and @ralph for their much appreciated help with species ID.
11 species ID to go if anyone’s up for a challenge. I’ve not had much luck from the aquarium’s website.
I had a brief, but enjoyable visit to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium on 17/11/2024. Not too much news to report, other than a new rock pool zone opens tomorrow. It will feature sea stars, crabs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and fish species.
Photos from my visit here:
Sydney Aquarium - ZooChat
Thank you to @WhistlingKite24, @Great Argus and @ralph for their much appreciated help with species ID.
11 species ID to go if anyone’s up for a challenge. I’ve not had much luck from the aquarium’s website.
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An update on the rewilding Leopard Shark project. Their three Leopard Shark females have been artificially inseminated with semen collected from wild males from North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. This semen will also be used at other institutions in Australia and Singapore with their progeny to be released into West Papua: World-First Reproductive Technique Provides Hope for Endangered Wild Shark Populations
Absolutely incredible news. Sea Life Sydney have successfully bred their first Grey Nurse Shark pup. It was born at the aquarium four months ago to female Mary Lou with three potential sires in the oceanarium. Considering how unsustainable the east coast wild populations are of this species for the aquarium trade and how rare a captive breeding is for this species this is particularly noteworthy news: SURPRISE! It’s a Baby Shark!
250 aquarium-bred Southern Pygmy Perch have been released into a waterway at a private property at Lade Vale: Tiny but Mighty, Endangered Native Species Making a Comeback!
SEALIFE Sydney have acquired at least one Australian Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus) which is shown on their current Facebook story. I assume (although I could be wrong) that this is one of the individuals that was formerly at SEALIFE Melbourne.