Gijón Aquarium . It is located on the Paseo de la Playa de Poniente, in the urban area of Gijón , Spain , it was inaugurated by the authorities on June 9 and opened its doors to the public on June 10 , 2006 . It is managed by the company Coutant Aquariums .
Summary
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- 3 External links
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Description
It has 2,000 m² of exhibition, in which there are 60 fresh and salt water aquariums, an auditorium for events, an educational classroom of about 100 m², and a recovery area for marine mammals and reptiles .
Within the 60 tanks there are some 250 species of animals including fish, invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds . Stand sharks between 1.5 and 2 meters long arrived directly from Florida . In total, the number of copies is around 5000 individuals; However, with the passage of time and the complete maturation of the systems, it is expected to reach 7000 to 8000 copies.
Exposure areas
The equipment consists of twelve thematic areas that can be visited:
- Asturian rivers.
- Cantabrian area.
- Cantabrian coast.
- Atlantic .
- Caribbean islands .
- Cape Horn .
- Pacific – Indian .
- Red sea .
- Madagascar .
- Cape of Good Hope .
- Subtropical Atlantic .
- Asturian port.
With all this, the equipment from Gijón will be, from all over the world, the one that houses a greater degree of biodiversity in a facility of its dimensions, of medium size. The estimated duration of the visit is one hour and forty minutes.
