Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Shark invasion of Newport begins
First wave coming from Virginia today
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The first of many sharks that will inhabit the Oceanic Adventures Newport Aquari um's 380,000-gallon shark tank will leave facilities here and in nearby Norfolk todayfor a day-long truck trip to Northern Kentucky.
Senior aquatic biologist Linda Hanna, one of the aquarium's shark experts, and other aquarium staffers will pick up five nurse sharks, ranging in length from 3 to 4 feet, as well as seven ocean fish, placing them in large portable tanks in the rear of a large truck for the 12-hour drive to Newport.
The sharks and other fish should arrive early Thursday in Newport.
Ms. Hanna said the fish will travel in three containers — two 7-foot-long tanks holding 411 gallons each, and a smaller container holding 239 gallons. All the tanks are insulated.
Four of the nurse sharks are coming from the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, while the other nurse shark and the seven salt water fish — the largest of them 15 pounds — are coming from the Nauticus aquarium in Norfolk.
The seven fish are three Atlantic spade fish, one crevalle jack, one pin fish, one red drum and one gray triggerfish.
Nurse sharks are common to the Atlantic Ocean coast and are often seen by divers in fairly shallow water of 10 feet or less. They are primarily bottom feeders and are relatively docile.
Aquarium staffers will make at least two more transport trips to the East Coast to acquire sharks from facilities in Virginia and Connecticut. In late April, sharks will be harvested from the Atlantic Ocean near Key West, Fla., and shipped here by a Florida company that specializes in providing fish from the wild for aquariums and zoos.
Among the other sharks that will be on display when the $40 million aquarium opens in early May are sand tiger sharks, sand bar sharks, lemon sharks, leopard sharks and epaulette sharks.
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