Vancouver Aquarium news

Herschend Enterprises has acquired Vancouver Aquarium from the Ocean Wise Conservation Association, adding the attraction to the group's growing portfolio of properties. The aquarium has ... More

Vancouver Aquarium is in danger of having to close its doors permanently, due to a collapse in revenues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The ... More

The keeping of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment – as well as the breeding, trading and capture of cetaceans – has been banned in ... More

A legal dispute between Vancouver Aquarium in Canada and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation regarding the keeping of cetaceans is set to rumble ... More

With pressures on cetacean captivity continuing to mount across North America, Canada’s Vancouver Aquarium has announced it will no longer display such animals, instead choosing ... More

A five-month investigation into the deaths of two beluga whales at Vancouver Aquarium last year has determined that the cetaceans were killed thanks to an ... More

The Vancouver Park Board’s long-running debate on cetacean captivity has seemingly been brought to its conclusion after the body voted unanimously to end the practice ... More

Vancouver Aquarium has outlined ambitious expansion plans for the next 12 years, which include the eventual phase out of its captive beluga programme. The aquarium ... More

Vancouver Aquarium has come under fire from animal welfare groups following the second death of a beluga whale at its facility in just less than ... More

The California Coastal Commission has granted SeaWorld planning permission to expand its Orca facility in San Diego on the basis that it cannot add any ... More

Canada’s Vancouver Aquarium has been chosen by the City of Valencia in Spain to run L’Oceanographic – Europe’s largest aquarium. Based in Valencia, Spain, L’Oceanogràfic’s ... More

The Parks Aspro Group, Rain Forest and Vancouver Aquarium are all vying for management of Europe’s largest aquarium, L’Oceanogràfic. Based in Valencia, Spain, L’Oceanogràfic’s parent ... More

The captive cetacean debate has reared its head again following the death of a beluga whale – loaned to Orlando SeaWorld from Vancouver Aquarium – ... More

The debate on whether or not cetaceans should be kept in captivity continues to rage on, as more than 100 countries signed a pledge to ... More

A new aquarium is being set up at Moscow’s VDNKh exhibition centre as part of a large-scale redevelopment and will include orcas, despite ongoing controversy ... More

The saga between Vancouver Aquarium and the city’s Park Board over the aquarium’s right to house cetaceans has taken a new turn after the aquarium ... More

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is seeking federal permission to bring 18 beluga whales, captured last year off the coast of Russia, to the US ... More

Vancouver Aquarium will be allowed to keep whales and dolphins in captivity, but must not breed them or otherwise promote reproduction amongst captive mammals, following ... More

Vancouver Aquarium representatives will appear before the Vancouver Park Board on 26 July in a bid to continue its conservation work with large marine mammals ... More

Amid recent controversy over housing whales and dolphins in aquarium settings, Vancouver Aquarium’s CEO John Nightingale has said that the restriction of such animals would ... More