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Are the barnacles feeding? Will the hermit crab switch shells yet again? Here you'll learn about all the exciting happenings at our Marine Life Touch Tank in Portsmouth and our Blue Ocean Discovery Center in Hampton Beach, NH!

Locations and Hours:
- Blue Ocean Discovery Center, 170 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach, NH (just north of the Sea Shell stage). Open 10 AM-7 PM daily until early September, and weekends in the fall and spring. Like Us on Facebook

- Marine Life Touch Tank in Portsmouth, Isles of Shoals Steamship Company dock, 315 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9 AM-12 PM until late August. Like Us on Facebook
We'd love to hear your questions and comments! Hope to see you soon!

Friday, July 26, 2013

Lunch Time at the Portsmouth Touch Tank

It was feeding day down at our touch tank for the crabs. Join us at the tank every Tuesday through Friday from 9 AM to 12 PM. We have public feedings at 11:30 AM on Tuesday and Friday.

Check out this green crab prying open a blue lip mussel for his lunch.


Green crabs are an invasive species from Europe. The cold waters here used to keep our native species safe from this invasive, however with warming ocean temperatures the green crab is starting to settle right in. This could cause problems for native species such as scallops, mussels, and clams which are now eaten by the ever increasing population of green crabs.

Come join Blue Ocean Society at one of our touch tank locations to learn more about the green crab and other species found in the Gulf of Maine.
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