Poema del Mar

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Poema del Mar
Location Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Land area12,500 m²
Website http://www.poema-del-mar.com/index.php/en

The Poema del Mar is an aquarium located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. It was inaugurated on December 17, 2017. [1] The Gran Canaria Town Council and the Government of the Canary Islands have considered it of strategic interest to the region by reinforcing the promotion of the archipelago as an international travel destination. [2] It is owned by the Loro Parque Group. [3]

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Features

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Opening, 2017

Located within the premises of the Port of Light and Las Palmas, it consists of a 12,500 m2 building inspired by the designs of Nestor Martín-Fernández de la Torre, whose pictorial work "Poem of the Atlantic" inspires the name of the aquarium. [4]

It consists of three large differentiated zones: surface marine ecosystems, deep marine, and freshwater. There are 35 ecosystems represented in different aquariums totaling 7.5 million liters of water, distributed in three areas: [5]

Commitment to the marine environment

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2017

It collaborates with the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme to launch a coalition of aquariums that fight against pollution caused by plastics. [8]

It carries out awareness actions through educational workshops, conservation, and protection of vulnerable species, such as the recovery of injured turtles for their subsequent return to the sea. [9]

Criticism

The aquarium remained closed from its political inauguration day, December 17, 2017, until January 8, 2018, the day it opened its doors to the public. [10] At the time of its inauguration, only political authorities and the media were present to justify its realization, the use of tax incentives received by the Investment Reserve and the deductions applied, a procedure required by the Ministry of Finance. [11] During that 21-day period, the aquarium had no lighting of its own because it had not yet received the official opening permits, necessary to certify the habitability of the space. The only light ensuring the survival of the animals was the construction light from the street. [11]

The same day of its inauguration, there was a difficult transfer of one of the sharks. The operation was managed by company operators and involved lifting the shark with a crane inside a bag with fastenings, after having previously supplied it with oxygen. During the operation, one of the fastenings came loose after the animal thrashed about, at which point it was placed back in its tank. Videos of the incident later circulated on social media. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "New 'Poema del Mar' aquarium in Las Palmas opened with 350 species from 35 different ecosystems". Antena3.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Poema del Mar Aquarium". Conocer Gran Canaria tourist guide. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Poema del Mar Aquarium, A window to experience the marine world". Canarias7. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "New Poema del Mar aquarium in Las Palmas inaugurated". La Vanguardia. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Poema del Mar now lights up the city". www.canarias7.es. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The first verse of the Poem of the Sea". www.grancanaria.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Aquarium Poema del Mar Las Palmas the largest in Europe". www.canariainfo.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Loro Parque and Poema del Mar join other aquariums and the European Commission to fight against plastic". Europa Press . November 9, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Poema del Mar returns a turtle to the ocean at Las Canteras beach". www.canarias7.es. January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Poema del Mar aquarium opens its doors to the public this Monday". eldiario.es. January 5, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Mujica, José S. (March 4, 2024). "Aquarium remains closed and the animals survive thanks to street light". Espiral21. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ "The Poema del Mar aquarium opens its doors in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria amid controversy". eldiario.es. December 17, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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