Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium Explained

Zoo Name:Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
Location:Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Date Opened:1 July 2015
Num Animals:50,000
Num Species:300
Largest Tank Vol:990000l
Total Tank Vol:3100000l
Exhibits:Blue shark
Dolphins' show
Members:JAZA
Management:Yokohama Hakkeijima[1]

is a public aquarium located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[2] It opened in 2015 as a successor to the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium, which had been open for 88 years.

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, after Uozu Aquarium.

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium was operated by Sendai express which, in 2001, began to consider a renewal of the aquarium due to aging. Following the opening of Oga Aquarium Gao and Aquamarine Fukushima, the number of visitors to the aquarium began to decrease.

In 2009, Sendai City announced plans to relocate the aquarium to Takasago Central Park in Sendai Port.[3] However, in February 2010, Sendai express canceled its investment in the relocation due to the lack of prospects for raising funds.[4] Then, in 2013, six companies, including Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, established the Sendai Aquarium Development Co., Ltd.[5] 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 did not invest in the new aquarium, but the new aquarium accepted animals from the Marinepia aquarium.[6]

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.[7] [8] [9] The aquarium received new tropical fish and jellyfish from Kamo Aquarium, Osaka Aquarium, and Kagoshima Aquarium.[10] [9]

Exhibits

Inherited from the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium are Commerson's dolphins[11] and finless porpoises, along with fish from the Sanriku region.

The facility is a two-story building with 100 fish tanks.Inside there is a dolphin and sea lion show pool that can accommodate about 1,000 people.[12]

Captive blue sharks

The aquarium has a focus on rearing and exhibiting blue sharks as representative fish from Sanriku. Bred in a cylindrical tank separate from the main, large tank, most of the young sharks did not last long initially.

In 2016, three blue sharks were captured and brought to the aquarium.[13] In 2017 one of these, a male, broke the previous record of captivity of 244 days. The previous record was set at Tokyo Sea Life Park.[14]

A blue shark was later captured in 2018 and survived in captivity for 873 days until it died in December 2020, significantly increasing the record.[15] The shark was captured in Shizugawa Bay on July 27, 2018, and taken to the aquarium. The total length at the time of delivery was 51cm (20inches), the estimated weight was 345g, and it was estimated to be a year old. The cause of death was attributed to disordered swimming due to dehydration. At the time of death, the total length was 114cm (45inches) and the weight was 4kg. This growth rate was said to be the same as that of wild blue sharks.[16]

Facilities

Floor (1F)

Floor (2F)

Shops

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 海と島と生きもののテーマパーク. 横浜・八景島シーパラダイス.
  2. News: Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium . 2017-02-22.
  3. http://www.1-eyed.co.jp/business/pdf/PM2008-09_No_098.pdf マリンピア松島水族館移転問題、 仙台港背後地に証券化で新水族館開発へ
  4. https://www.city.sendai.jp/sesakukoho/shise/gaiyo/shichoshitsu/kaiken/2009/02/suizokukan/oto.html (仮称)仙台水族館への出資について
  5. https://www.mitsui.com/jp/ja/release/2013/1205666_6496.html 仙台水族館(仮称)設置に向けて新会社を設立
  6. https://www.kanaloco.jp/news/social/entry-112433.html 復興象徴の水族館、15年春仙台に開業 横浜八景島も参画/神奈川
  7. Web site: 宮城・松島水族館、88年の歴史に幕 震災乗り越えるも老朽化に勝てず . 2015-05-05 . 2021-05-01 .
  8. Web site: 水族館に笑顔再び 松島43日ぶり営業再開 . 産経新聞 . 2011-04-23 . 2021-05-01 .
  9. Web site: 震災被害受けた水族館でペンギン誕生 宮城 . . 2011-04-05. 2021-05-01 .
  10. Web site: 松島町 マリンピア松島水族館 . 2014. 2011-04-23 .
  11. News: 仙台うみの杜水族館、復興の象徴 共に成長する姿. 産経新聞. 2015-06-24. 30 April 2021.
  12. http://sendai.keizai.biz/headline/1487/ 2015年春開業目指す「仙台水族館」概要発表-東北最大級のショーも
  13. News: ヨシキリザメ、展示を再開 うみの杜水族館 . 2017-02-22 . 読売新報. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624105627/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/miyagi/news/20160624-OYTNT50001.html . 20 May 2021. 2016-06-24 .
  14. News: <うみの杜水族館>ヨシキリザメ飼育 新記録. 河北新報. 2016-06-24. 30 April 2021.
  15. Web site: ヨシキリザメ死亡について. 17 December 2020. 30 April 2021.
  16. Web site: ヨシキリザメ№25について 仙台うみの杜水族館公式サイト. 24 January 2021. 1 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium . Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium.