The Bergen Aquarium regularly receives “strange animals” from anglers and professional fishermen. Often they are just ordinary fish that have been caught, but sometimes the catch causes a sensation. In some cases, as is true of the American lobster, the creature may be a threat to life along the Norwegian coast. We are therefore very interested in pictures and reports about special finds. We have a large network of keen specialists who are more than happy to help you determine the species of the animal you have found, and provide any other assistance you might need.

The Bergen Aquarium collaborates on research projects, and we are happy to provide advice to researchers with relevant questions. We are continuously working to create as good as possible an environment for our various animals, and have gained considerable expertise in this field. The Bergen Aquarium is a gigantic laboratory, with sixty different aquarium environments, a number of quarantine tanks, advanced pumping systems, filters and so on.

Researchers have oceans of opportunities at the Bergen Aquarium. This is the place to come for parasitologists who get excited about finding a rare louse on one of our piked dogfish, and for systematists who get ecstatic about being able to classify a living deep-water crab.

Please e-mail us at: post@akvariet.no