Sea Life

Sea Life is a chain of commercial sea life-themed aquarium attractions. As of April 2017
 there are 53 Sea Life attractions (including standalone Sea Life 
centres, mini Sea Life features within resort theme parks, and Legoland submarine rides) around the world. The chain is owned by the British company, Merlin Entertainments.
== Attractions ==
Sea Life centres aim to combine modern display technology, biological 
expertise, and entertainment to provide themed journeys through European
 and tropical waters. This often provides close encounters with sealife, from shrimps and starfish, to seahorses, sharks and stingrays.
Sea Life centres also claim to champion the cause of marine conservation
 through education, awareness and, wherever possible, direct action.
=== Sanctuaries ===
Sea Life Sanctuaries and Seal Sanctuaries
 operate from three centres in the United Kingdom as well as one 
location in Australia. The United Kingdom locations include the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, Cornwall; the Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary in Norfolk; and the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary at Oban. [ SCOTTISH SEA LIFE SANCTUARY CLOSED IN OCTOBER 2018.] Manly Sea Life Sanctuary (formerly Oceanworld Manly) operates in Australia. The Hunstanton facility operates otter and penguin sanctuaries as well as a seal hospital.
Since 2001 all Sea Life centre conservation, rescue, and 
campaigning work has come under the SOS scheme, an acronym for "Save Our
 Seas." SOS supports the work of wildlife charities and campaign groups 
including Greenpeace, the Worldwide Fund for Nature, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Each centre also has a headline campaign which changes periodically. Past campaigns have advocated increased protection for loggerhead sea turtles, and restrictions on the practice of shark finning.
== Locations ==
=== Asia ===
Centres are located at Sea Life Bangkok, Sea Life Busan and Sea Life Shanghai.
In November 2015, Merlin Entertainments announced that over the 
next 10 years it will be investing £50 million in India, some of which 
will be used to open Sea Life centres.
 In January 2017, Merlin Entertainments Indian subsidiary stated that it
 was in discussion with real estate firms to open Sea Life centres in 
multiple cities in India.
=== Europe ===
==== Germany ====
Centres are located in Germany at Berlin, Cuxhaven, Königswinter, Konstanz, Munich, Nuremberg, Speyer, Timmendorfer Strand, and Hanover. The largest Sea Life Centre of Germany is at the CentrO park in Oberhausen - it was the home of Paul, the psychic octopus who correctly predicted the German national football team's results at the world cup of 2010, until his death in October 2010.
==== United Kingdom ====
* Birmingham - National Sea Life
* Blackpool - Sea Life
* Brighton - Sea Life Brighton
* Hastings - Sea Life Hastings
* Great Yarmouth - Sea Life
* Gweek - Cornish Seal Sanctuary
* Hunstanton - Sea Life
* Loch Lomond - Loch Lomond Aquarium
* London - London Aquarium
* Manchester - Sea Life Trafford Centre
* Oban - Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary
* Scarborough - Sea Life Sanctuary
* Weymouth - Sea Life Adventure Park
A former site in St. Andrews has now been sold and is now running separately as "St. Andrews' Aquarium".
Sea Life Centres at resort theme parks:
* Alton Towers Resort - Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life
* Chessington World of Adventures - Chessington Sea Life Centre
* Legoland Windsor Resort - Atlantis Submarine Voyage
==== Others ====
Other European Sea Life centres are at Bray, Ireland; Helsinki, Finland; Val d'Europe, Paris, France; Porto, Portugal, and The Hague, Netherlands.
Related 'theme-park' resorts are at Billund, Denmark; Legoland Atlantis by Sea Life, Germany; Gardaland Sea Life, Italy and Jesolo Sea Life.
=== North America ===
==== United States ====
American centres are located at:
* Sea Life Legoland California
* Sea Life Arizona
* Sea Life at Mall of America
* Sea Life Caverns at Marine Life
* Sea Life Grapevine
* Sea Life Kansas City
* Sea Life Charlotte-Concord
* Sea Life New Jersey 
* Sea Life Orlando
* Sea Life San Antonio
* Sea Life Ocean City
There is also a related 'theme park' at Carlsbad, California, at Legoland California Resort.
=== Oceania ===
Centres are located in Australia at Sea Life Melbourne, Sea Life Mooloolaba and Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.
New Zealand has Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, Auckland.
== Controversies ==
Sea Life centres have been criticized over animal welfare, with the Marine Conservation Society calling a 30% mortality rate "disturbing." The charity Freedom for Animals has criticized Sea Life over their conservation claims, and also for the presence of Beluga whales at attractions.
Category:Entertainment
Category:Attractions
Category:Aquariums