Nausicaa Centre National de la Mer

Nausicaa Centre National de Los Angeles Mer is a public aquarium positioned in Boulogne sur Mer in France. It is the most important public aquarium of Europe. Nausea is described as a middle of scientific and technical discovery of the marine environment focusing mainly on the relationship between guy and the sea. The concept for the aquarium began when Guy Lengagne then mayor of Boulogne sur Mer, desired to repurpose an old casino. In 1982, oceanographers Philippe Valletta Stephaney Heard and Christophe Iliopoulos have been tasked with a preliminary have a look at and eventually with imposing the project.

A major growth of the ability in 1998 doubled the show off vicinity to 4,500 rectangular metres so that you can upload approximately 10,000 animals including California sea lions and a Tropical Lagoon Village with sharks and coral reefs. In 1999, Nausicaa changed into particular a Centre of Excellence by means of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Ocean photograph Commission for its outreach packages. In 2002 it received the "Tourism & Disability" label and the World Ocean Network turned into created.