Can captive breeding stock an entire public aquarium?

Chris Brown

What is Displays Developments?

The hub of SEA LIFE •  Coordinate breeding •  Quarantines •  Transportation •  Husbandry •  Animal health •  Research

Where do our animals come from?

How do we know where our wild fish come from?

•  Global key suppliers •  Sustainable collection •  High survival rates •  Cyanide research

Now is the time

Raja undulata

Ray working group

Hippocampus guttulatus

Seahorse tagging

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Breeding weedy sea dragons

Typical SEA LIFE Aquarium holds:

•  145 marine species

Number of captive bred species:

•  Over 200 marine species However…

So where are we now?

What animals are required?

•  Future animal acquisition

•  Breeding program hierarchy

Available to good homes now!

Breeding programs •  Environmental cues •  Male to female

ratios •  Facilities

Stegostoma fasciatum Breeding trial

Rhinoptera bonasus

Tagging

How can other aquariums benefit?

•  Join breeding program groups •  Coordinate breeding animals between aquaria •  Trial different environmental conditions

Breeding Communication

•  researchers •  fish farmers •  suppliers •  hobbyists •  aquariums

•  Species groups

•  One site for all

•  Breeding information

So in summary… •  Can captive breeding stock an entire

public aquarium? •  The future •  Breeding Communication •  Ambassadors

Chris.brown@merlinentertainments.biz

Thank you

Future plans …

Rhina ancylostoma