By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
The latest government regulations in Israel require that the Aquarium is operates under the 'Green Pass' system. This means that all visitors are required to show proof of vaccination, recovery from Covid, or a negative PCR test (for children over 3 years) before entry to the facility.
The Aquarium staff are working hard to ensure an easy and smooth entry process for all our visitors.
As part of the efforts to complete and expand the zoological collection of the Aquarium, a large shipment from Kenya brought some new fish, stars, rays and even an octopus. Included were red knobbed starfish, blue starfish and honeycomb rays.
In the past, we have received our octopuses from Israeli fisherman in the Mediterranean but in the past months, they have reported that all the octopuses seem to have gone done to depths below 50 m, making them more difficult to catch. The fisherman believe that this is a result of rising water temperatures this year, brought on by climate change.
The jellyfish exhibits in the Aquarium received a boost with the arrival of new moon jellies and Japanese sea nettles (Chrysaura pacifica) in a shipment from France.
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