New ‘hotels’ a suite haven for baby seahorses

Eighteen underwater hotels have been installed in Sydney Harbour to provide homes for one of Sydney’s most precious and endangered residents, the White’s seahorse.

The research team at work placing new seahorse hotels in Sydney Harbour

A seahorse hotel is lowered into Sydney Harbour in preparation for the arrival of new residents in coming months.

World Oceans Day is a day to inspire action and protect the ocean. To mark the occasion, 18 new seahorse hotels are now underwater in Sydney Harbour, ready to provide vital housing for the next colony of baby endangered White’s seahorses.

The hotels – nine each at Delwood beach and Little Manly beach – will welcome the next generation of Hippocampus whitei babies to be released from SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium in September, in time for National Threatened Species Day.

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium curator Laura Simmons says the multi-year project, now in its second year, has maintained strong momentum through vital stages on the way to de-listing the currently endangered White’s seahorse.

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