After almost 20 years of
hands-on Marine Education the Marine Ecology Centre is now
closed! The good news is that the new Shaw Ocean Discovery
Centre will be ready soon; the opening date has been set for
June 20th, 2009.
For more information
please visit their website at:
Check out our guest Octopus, HUGO,
hunting and eating a shrimp.
(click on the image)
For more videos, please go to our Summer Programs page.
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The
floating Marine Ecology Centre is located in the
Port Sidney Marina in downtown Sidney. We are open
for
group
programs and to the public.
In March 2004 the Centre was the beneficiary of a
$112,000 infrastructure grant from the town of
Sidney. This money will be used to expand our
facilities in the near future. The Marine Ecology
Centre will be moving into the first floor of the
Pier Hotel & Spa in the Spring of 2009. We are still
holding a fundraising campaign to collect all the
money needed to build all the exhibits the for the
"New Marine Centre". Until that time, we will
continue to welcome the public to visit our exhibits
daily from noon until 5pm at Marine Ecology Centre
in the Port Sidney Marina.
Visit the
"New Marine Centre's"website and take a peek at
the wonderful exhibits and displays we will have
soon.
Special
Thanks
We would like to
thank Jeff Wonnenberg, owner of Emerald Sea
Adventures; and Darren Tomlin, owner of the Corbett
House B&B, for repairing the upper and lower decks
of the Marine Ecology Centre. We appreciate all the
hard work and the hours they donated!