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13 July 2025 - The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre at Portobello, part of the University of Otago's Department of Marine Science (1, 2), provides a base for research and hosts educational programs and tours (>).  The University acquired the site in 1951; it traces back to a fish hatchery established in 1904.
Blue cod (Parapercis colias) is a bottom dwelling New Zealand fish.  See also: "National Blue Cod Strategy." Ministry for Primary Industries.
Pipefish are closely related to seahorses (family Syngnathidae).
Tanks showing examples of producers, filter feeders, grazers, predators, and scavengers.
"The effect of water pressure."
Emptying the plankton net.
The old public aquarium was closed in 2012 and demolished in 2016 after it was determined it did not meet earthquake standards.  A temporary teaching and research facility now occupies the site.  See: Vaughan Elder.  "Aquarium to be demolished."  Otago Daily Times, 21 March 2016.
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) lives in the Southern Ocean.  There used to be a model here.  A specimen is displayed at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Auckland.
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