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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!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Thank you!

Special thanks go to Russ Northrop, a local scuba diver and friend of the tank who has gone out of his way several times to collect some beautiful critters for us. Thanks also to Atlantic Aquasport in Rye, with whom Russ dives on Saturday mornings - the business has been very supportive in our search for animals for the tank. Thank you to Wayne, a diver who works for the Isles of Shoals Steamship Co. He brought us some great examples of colonial tunicates, which are highly invasive and coating the bottom of the Piscataqua in amounts Wayne said he's never seen in his 30 years of diving. Thanks to Tom, a crewman on the M/V Thomas Laighton who has brought us some fascinating animals found in his lobster traps. And thank you to Seaport Fish, who has kindly donated food for our critters.

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