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The Idea behind the Marine
Adventure Park which is being run on
an experimental and on a trial run
bases is to create an enriched
habitat with a variety of Pelagic
Fish species that are not protected
by law, that are harmless to
humans and which can co-exist
together in an enclosed environment.
The size of the fish held are not
small but are at least one meter
long as otherwise they could pass
through the net mesh.
The Marine Adventure Park has
set up two enclosures which will
take the form of floating Sea
Aquariums situated out at sea, in
areas where a permit already exists
to carry out aquaculture activities.
Instead of keeping the fish for
human consumption, people can come
to see these animals not from behind
a glass, but instead swim within the
netted enclosures, share the same
space with these fantastic creatures
and literally come face to face with
fish that otherwise would be very
difficult to encounter out in the
wild.
The Marine Adventure Park is
operating two 50 meter diameter
netted enclosures having an average
net depth of 14 meters. The size and
the depth of these enclosures is
suitable for visitors to come and
snorkel or scuba dive with these
magnificent animals.
The Species held as exhibits
in the enclosures have been
purchased at a premium rate
from professional fishermen, who
instead of sending his catch to
the fish market, these fishermen
have kept some of the fish alive in
open circuit oxygen enriched
water tanks on his fishing boat and
has agreed to deliver these
fish to Marine Adventure Park
enclosures for one sole purpose: To
become star attractions and be
appreciated in their living form by
many people.
At the end of summer all the fish
held in our enclosures will be
tagged, some even with satellite
tags and released back to the open
sea for scientific research and
towards the better management of the
wild fish stocks especially the wild
tuna population.
Feeding will be under strict
control. Hand feeding the animals is
possible but not always. As the fish
net has a large mesh size small fish
can easily enter or exit the
enclosures. The small fish can and
most probably will become prey to
the larger fish.
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