News
23.03.2023 – Primorsky Aquarium celebrates Baikal seals’ birthday
This year Tuchka and Businka turned seven years old and their friend Alph, eleven.
21.03.2023 – Why does Aquarium discourage flash photography?
Our guests know perfectly well that the flash on their mobile phones and cameras must be turned off when entering the Aquarium. The corresponding information on tickets, the “no flash” signs on the exhibits, the audio announcement and our aquarists politely remind visitors of the necessity to disable the flash on all of their picture taking devices. Let’s see why it is important to turn off the flash when touring a public aquarium.
13.03.2023 – Finalists of National Technology Olympiad are impressed by Primorsky Aquarium
On March 4, participants in the final round of the National Technology Olympiad hosted by Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) attended the Primorsky Aquarium. Over seventy most brilliant students from seventeen regions across the country gained an insight into the unique construction design for the facility and visited its exhibits to understand how virtual technologies and robotics would facilitate scientific research and educational attainment.
06.03.2023 – First day of spring brings long-awaited meeting with marine performers
On March 1, the Dolphinarium at the Primorsky Aquarium resumed marine mammal presentations. Our belugas, bottlenose dolphins and walrus Misha did not perform for six months, during which time the trainer team updated the program that lets the marine mammals demonstrate their amazing skills and behaviors.
15.02.2023 – #PROmariculture: Primorsky Aquarium celebrates science
On February 11, the Primorsky Aquarium hosted a celebration of Russian Science Day. The theme of the event was mariculture or marine farming.
09.02.2023 – Avian congress hears of Primorsky Aquarium penguins
Primorsky Aquarium specialists shared their expertise in acclimation of Humboldt penguins and captive husbandry of this species at the Second All-Russian Ornithological Congress held from January 30-February 4 in Saint Petersburg.
06.02.2023 – Vladivostok mayor recognizes efforts of a young scientist from Primorsky Aquarium
On January 25, which is celebrated as Russian Students Day, Vladivostok mayor Konstantin Shestakov gave holiday greetings to the university students and young scientists that gathered for an award ceremony at the Vladimir K. Arseniev Museum of Far East History and thanked them for the contribution they had made to science and the city’s life.
04.02.2023 – Are you a coastal dweller? Be mari-cultured!
Cultivation of fish, molluscs, algae and even pearls on special marine farms is referred to as mariculture. In fact, it is farming in seawater, which has a lot of advantages, including ecological ones, when compared with agronomy and animal husbandry. To explain to the public what mariculture is and why it is so important to our region, we have decided to make it the theme of this year’s celebration of Russian Science Day at our facility.
31.01.2023 – Primorsky Aquarium: 2022 highlights
The year of the Black Water Tiger was quite a tough year for us. But we all know that by overcoming difficulties we learn to appreciate every happy moment to the fullest. Now we would like to share our fondest memories from 2022.
28.12.2022 – New Year holidays: Aquarium’s residents awaiting visitors this coming January
During the New Year holidays, the Primorsky Aquarium will operate on a special schedule.
22.12.2022 – Teach out of love: Chasing the Future educational program at Primorsky Aquarium
Biology workshops have been conducted in the learning labs of the Primorsky Aquarium for teenagers interested in teaching and psychology and taking part in the Chasing the Future educational program.
01.12.2022 –
The Primorsky Aquarium presents the How it all Began Exhibition. Photos and text panels tell the history of the Primorsky Aquarium construction.
24.11.2022 –
The Aquarium on the Move project has won a prize at the Achievements in Promoting and Shaping a Healthy Lifestyle among Vladivostok Residents сontest.
23.11.2022 –
During a working trip to Vladivostok, visitors from Moscow held a series of meetings with their counterparts at the Primorsky Aquarium, discussed possible areas of mutual cooperation and exchanged their experience in organizational work and animal training.
28.10.2022 – FEFU students present environmental trail projects for Primorsky Aquarium
On October 19th, the ecology students of the Far-Eastern Federal University presented the results of their internship program, the projects of the Primorsky Aquarium grounds development, including environmental trails, to Aquarium staff.