marine labs in Caribbean
Education Department
aquasearch at cura.net
Sun Jul 29 22:18:11 EDT 2001
Hello All:
The Curacao Sea Aquarium is available for research use. The information can be found below.
Steve Piontek
I would like to compile a list of marine labs in the Caribbean with good access to coral reefs that are available for use by researchers and educators. I would greatly appreciate it if those of you that manage such facilities could respond to this request with the information below. I will compile the answers and make it available all those who might be interested.
Many thanks for your time!
Alina Szmant
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Name of marine lab: Curacao Sea Aquarium
Country/city located: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Airport/transportation info:
approx cost to travel to area from major US city (Miami, New York)
Daily non-stop flights from Miami on American and ALM, currently runnning $240
Contact info for director/manager:
Steve Piontek, Director of Education, David van Bergen, Aquarium Manager
PO Box 3102, Curacao, NA
Ph. 0599-9-461-6666
fax. 0599-9-461-3278
aquasearch at cura.net
Description of facilities: (web site URL): ) www.curacao-sea-aquarium
Fee structure for visitors, lodging, meals, lab: (if not available on web site)
Contact aquasearch at cura.net
Number and size of groups you can accomodate:
1- 50
Lab equipment and space available:
minimal
Running seawater facilities:
Entire aquarium complex is on an open system, aquaria from 200 gal up to outdoor pools could be made available
Boat support and costs:
14 foot Zodiac, 18 foot Boston Whaler, 48 foot crew boat, must be operated by aquarium staff.
Diving costs and availability:
Fully equipped dive shop on site, including equipment rentals, tank fills and instruction.
Environments:
distance to nearest healthy reefs:
2 feet
types of reefs:
fringing, wall
distance to no-take areas and marine reserves
The Curacao Underwater Park begins from the Sea Aquarium.
distance to seagrass and mangrove communities 3-4 n miles
Permitting procedures and limitations:
contact info for responsible agency:
Please contact aquasearch at cura.net
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