Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
Exhibits. Commerson's dolphin and Finless porpoise are inhabited by individuals inherited from the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium and fish that inhabit Sanriku. The facility is a two-story building with 100 fish tanks. Inside the building, there is a dolphin and sea lion show pool that can accommodate about 1,000 people. Captive blue sharks. As a fish of Sanriku, aquariums are focusing on rearing and exhibiting blue sharks. Blue sharks are bred in a cylindrical tank separate from the large tank. Initially, most of the captivity did not last long. In 2017, Started Raising three blue  sharks one of those with a total length of about succeeded in exceeding 246 days of Tokyo Sea Life Park, which is the longest rearing record so far, and succeeded in rearing 252 days. In addition, the blue shark, which started rearing in 2018, succeeded in inhabiting 873 days until it died in December 2020, and the habitat record of captive blue sharks was significantly updated. The blue shark, which was the most alive in captivity, was captured in Shizugawa Bay on July 27, 2018, and taken to the Public Aquarium. The total length at the time of delivery was  , the estimated weight was 345g, and the age was about 1 year old. After that, it lived for 873 days, but died due to factors such as disordered swimming due to dehydration. At the time of death, the total length was and the weight was 4kg. This growth rate is said to be the same as that of wild blue sharks. History. Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium. was a public aquarium in Matsushima, Miyagi. It opened on April 1, 1927, and closed on May 10, 2015, making it the second longest-running aquarium in Japan, only after Uozu Aquarium. Marinepia  Matsushima Aquarium was operated by Sendai express which in 2001 began to consider renewal of the aquarium due to aging. Following the opening of Oga Aquarium Gao and Aquamarine Fukushima, the number of visitors visiting the aquarium began to decrease. In 2009, Sendai City announced plans to relocate the aquarium to Takasago Central Park in Sendai Port. However, in February 2010, Sendai express canceled its investment in the relocation due to the lack of prospects for raising funds. Then, in 2013, Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium participated in the management, and six companies including Yokohama Hakkeijima invested to establish "Sendai Aquarium Development  Co., Ltd." The new company built Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in the hinterland of Sendai Port, where the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium was supposed to move. Sendai express will not invest in Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium, but the Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium will accept animals from the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium. Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused seawater and mud to flood Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium, breaking the circulation pump. This resulted in the loss of about 5% of the aquarium's approximately 4000 animals. The aquarium received new tropical fish and jellyfish from Kamo Aquarium, Osaka  Aquarium, and Kagoshima Aquarium.