European Union of Aquarium Curators

For the inclusion of other aquaria, in other European countries, we might contact the European Union of Aquarium Curators; the general secretary is Nadia Ounais, chief curator of Monaco Aquarium, whom I know very well after working with her for more than 10 years, and the executive director is Paul Van Den Sand, former chief curator of Antwerp Zoo's aquarium paul.van.den.sande@euac.org, he is also a good friend. ... EUAC will be the best entity for deciding which European Aquarium would be more interested in working with IUCN on this project. [François Simard]

http://www.euac.org/index2.html 

European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

Mission: Promote cooperation for furthering regional collection planning and wildlife conservation, particularly through internationally coordinated breeding programmes of wild animals such as the European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP).

Promote education, in particular environmental education.

Contribute to relevant meetings and discussions of the supra-international organisations, such as the United Nations, The World Conservation Union - IUCN , European Union, the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Plant and Animal Species (CITES) etc.

Advise, as required, the European Union, or other representative committees such as the European Parliament and the European Council.

http://www.eaza.net/

also see info on their turtle campaign:

ShellShock

EAZA therefore invites all members to participate in Shellshock, the EAZA Turtle & Tortoise Campaign 2004/2005. This fourth EAZA Conservation Campaign was officially launched on 22 September 2004 at the EAZA Annual Conference in Kolmarden. With the final campaign months approaching, Shellshock now has 127 registered participants (of which 117 EAZA member institutions). Updates (e.g. in Shellshocking News) about the many activities organised by the participants can be found in the Materials & Activities section.

http://www.eaza.net/turtle/intro.html

Global Zoo Directory which was maintained by the IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group
http://www.cbsg.org/directory/

CBSG Europe
Bengt Holst, Coordinator
http://www.zoo.dk

The Horniman Museum in London

The team developing the new aquarium in London which is explicitly devoted to what you are talking about.
http://www.horniman.ac.uk/index.php

Biota!

"Biota! will make a difference to our understanding of the aquatic world, and to our ability to protect it.  This 14,000 sq m facility has been designed to provide a home for living plants and animal, using advanced technology to mimic different habitats.  It will house over 550 species in 70 exhibits, within an environment of rich foliage and free ranging birds and other animals. Docklands Light Railway at a dedicated station"

Biota! Executive Summary

The contact & potential partner is: A Shaw, Programme Manager, Marine and Freshwater Conservation Programme, Zoological Society of London

The Aquarium of Genoa is managed by Costa Edutainment Spa, leader in Italy in managing sites, exhibits and large public and private facilities dedicated to recreational, cultural, and educational activities, as well as scientific research and study.

The Aquarium of Genoa’s mission is to create awareness among the general public of marine conservation and responsible management of aquatic environments. With this objective in mind, some lines of development have been created in a cultural and scientific environment with the goal of involving families, schools and employees in concrete actions aimed at saving marine ecosystems.

"For my money the most forward thinking educationally minded of all aquaria is the Genoa Aquaria in Italy (not that I go to too many), and therefore it may be worth finding out what they are up to." [Ed McManus, UNEP-WCMC]

http://www.acquario.ge.it/

Le Musée océanographique de Monaco

You might like also to contact the director of Monaco Oceanographic Museum (the aquarium is inside the Museum). He is Pr. Jean Jaubert, Direction Musée [musee@oceano.mc].

http://www.oceano.mc/

Sea Life Centres

There are 20 Sea Life Centres all over Europe. ... Since 2001 all of Sea Life’s conservation, rescue and campaigning work has come under the umbrella of our unique SOS scheme... .an acronym for Save Our Seas. SOS supports the work of numerous wildlife charities and campaign  groups including Greenpeace, The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the  Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society, British Divers Marine Life Rescue and many more.

SOS 2005

SOS launches Stop Overfishing campaign.

Sea Life’s campaigning SOS programme needs your help to tackle the single biggest threat to the future well-being of our oceans and the creatures that live in them... .the threat posed by OVERFISHING!

http://www.sealifeeurope.com/

L’Aquàrium de Barcelona

The largest aquarium in Europe, it contains 21 glass tanks positioned along either side of a wide curving corridor. Each tank depicts a different marine habitat, with emphasis on everything from multicoloured fish and corals to seagoing worms to sharks. The highlight is a huge "oceanarium" representative of the Mediterranean as a self-sustaining ecosystem.

http://www.aquariumbcn.com/AQUARIUM/