About us - Activities of the Pula Aquarium and Pula MOC between 2003 and 2010

Organizing the World youth camp in cooperation with the Lions club organization. (July 2003)

Taking part in the EUAC congresses (European Union of Aquarium Curators), where we have been granted full membership (Vienna 2003. - observers, Lisabon 2005 with the presentation of our aquarium “Aquarium Pula”, Brest 2006 with the following expert lecture, “Marine bacterial communites in open and closed aquaria systems analyzed by flow cytometry“, Salzburg 2007 with the following expert lectures, “Effects of stress (ammonia) on blood cell populations in different marine fish”, and, “Youth education and activities in Aquarium Pula, Croatia”).

Expert specialization on the subject of artificial multiplication and farming the fish in breeding grounds across Hungary. (April 2004)

Taking part in a international workshop on the subject of care, medical provisions, and leading the Sea turtle recuperation center in Athens, Greece(Workshop on the rehabilitation of injured sea turtles in the Mediterranean).(November 2004)

Holding three expert lectures on sea biology in the University of Vesprem, Hungary. (March 2005)

Bilateral scientific cooperation with prof. dr. sc. Miklos Bercheny from the University of Vesprem, Hungary, on the subject of artificial inducing of sexual maturity of European eel Anguilla anguilla.(2005-2007)

Additional specialization in care and medical treatment of sea turtles (Training course on sea turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation), financed by RAC/SPA i UNEP-a.(Naples, November 2006)

Taking part in a sea turtle congress , „3rd mediterranean conference on marine turtle” (Yasmine Hammamet, Tunis, October 2008.) with expert lessons „Flow cytometric analysis of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) peripheral blood cells from north Adriatic Sea“ and, „The activities of the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre Pula“.

Presentation of educational program of Pula Aquarium on the „Blue World“ seminary in Mali Lošinj (March 2009) and on the three-day fair „Mare Maggio“ in Venice. (May 2009)

Marking the "International sea turtle day" and releasing the rehabilitated sea turtles from the Sea turtle recuperation center (every year in June and September)

Holding the „Children's sea camp“ for children from Pula and the surrounding area. (every year in June and July)

Holding lectures on the subject of „The example of rennovation of the protected cultural goods of Republic of Croatia and changing their purpose“ with the Croatian Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb. (September 2009)

International workshop regarding the architecture of Austrian-Hungarian fortifications in fort Verudela (September 2006 and 2008.), in cooperation with the Ministry of culture and the Office for the preservation of cultural heritage.

Longterm cooperation with the organization „Naša djeca“ with the aim of marking Children's Week in the Pula Aquarium. (every year in October)

Holding expert lectures in the EUAC congress in Valencia on the subject of eel breeding, co-financed in 2007 by EUAC, as well as on the subject of breeding longsnouted sea horses Hippocampus ramulosus (October 2009)

Presentation of the Aquarium Pula project "Fortification rings of the town of Pula and its surroundings" in the Croatian Chamber of Economy (March 2010).