Bahamian Marine Scientists Fundraiser - Sun. Jun. 22

Please support our Young Bahamian Marine Scientists
This Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 7pm to 10pm
at a Cocktail Reception Fundraiser at Plush Ocean View
East Bay Street
(Just before Harbour Bay, opposite IDB Bank)

Donation: $20 (all you can drink until 10pm)

Young Bahamian Marine Scientists

New Providence Community Center is proud to host a presentation on Young Bahamian Marine Scientists on Monday, June 9th at 7pm at NPCC on Blake Road.

Manta ray released from Atlantis Resort

By Meagan McCutcheon

PARADISE ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS – Today at Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas, the only aquarium in the Western Hemisphere to presently care for and study the manta, a team of 20 marine aquarists successfully completed the transfer of a 1,000-pound manta ray from the resort’s 2.7 million-gallon marine habitat back into the Atlantic Ocean as part of their renowned release and research program. Zeus, who has been at the resort for almost three years, received white glove treatment by the Atlantis team as he was measured at a final wingspan of almost 13-feet, with a mouth opening of 37 inches.

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