We [heart] L’Océarium du Croisic!
September 21, 2025
Another day, another pair of sea-turtle reintroductions
September 24, 2025
It all started with some captive bred Gadus morhua, in the distant 2003, while we assisted the good people from the Ílhavo Museum stock their aquarium, which is entirely dedicated to Atlantic Cod.
Over the years, our partnership with the Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Reseach Institute has provided captive bred animals from so many different species, that we lost track at how many shipments we’ve made using this institution’s impressive captive breeding record.
Anarhichas lupus, Cyclopterus lumpus, Gadus morhua, Salvelinus alpinus and, more recently, Anarhichas minor, are some of the most iconic species bred there and shipped all over the world.
This year alone, we have shipped Anarhichas minor to New York (USA), Anglesey (UK), Berlin (Germany), and Vienna (Austria).
Check out this impressive video of the Anarhichas minor breeding process and pay close attention to the technical message below from our researcher friends.
An important word of caution: the researchers breeding this species have found that temperatures close to 15°C can induce severe skeletal malformation in Atlantic wolffish juveniles. This will likely not happen after short term exposure to high temperature, but a few weeks exposure to 15°C can have permanent effects on this species (see figure). The spotted wolffish likely has a lower tolerance to high temperatures than the Atlantic wolffish, which is something that all husbandry staff should be aware of an dplan their exhibits accordingly.
