Sea Life Charlotte-Concord

SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord Aquarium
35°22′9″N 80°43′30″W
Location	Concord
Owner	Merlin Entertainments

SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord is an interactive aquarium located at Concord Mills in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. The aquarium contains thousands of aquatic creatures, plus an interactive touch pool and an 180° ocean tunnel. SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments.

Main species

Nurse Shark

Dog-Faced Puffer

Chocolate Chip Sea Star

Hermit Crab

Angel Fish

Blacktip Reef Shark

Clown Trigger Fish

Atlantic Ray

Cownose Ray

Jellyfish

Clownfish

Green Sea Turtle

Lionfish

Sea Star

Cleaner Shrimp

Yellow Tang Fish

Blue Tang Fish

Conservation

SEA LIFE is involved with a number of conservation activities.

Seahorse breeding

SEA LIFE has successfully bred and reared nine species of seahorse, helping prevent the breeds from becoming extinct. This means that no seahorses will ever be taken from the wild for their exhibitions, and they may be able to resupply seahorses if they become extinct in the wild.

Seal rescues

SEA LIFE works with seal sanctuaries to care for orphaned and injured seal pups. Over 100 seals are successfully rescued and returned to the wild each year.

Re-homing

SEA LIFE provides permanent homes for injured or disabled aquatic creatures who would have otherwise been killed or euthanized.

Protection of turtles

A fundraising campaign run by SEA LIFE has enabled a new Sea Turtle Rescue and Wildlife Information Centre to be built on the Greek island of Zakynthos to treat turtles who have been injured in collisions with pleasure craft or entanglement in fishing gear.