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Understanding the animal operations challenges of aquariums in 2026
Caring for the living collection, and what it means for the way it is presented to visitors every day.
- Format
- PDF role briefing
- Reading time
- 10 minutes
- Published
- October 2026
- Author
- Bryan Hoare
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What’s inside
Seven challenges, the evidence behind each one, what good looks like, and where a connected visitor platform helps.
01
Keeping visitor information accurate
Keeping what visitors see in step with what is happening in the collection.
02
Talks, feeds and dive shows
Keeping schedules current, along with adopters and sponsors.
03
Protecting aquarist time
Keeping the visitor information workload away from the aquarist’s day.
04
Welfare, visitor pressure and evidence
Telling the welfare story, helping manage visitor pressure, and evidence for collection decisions.
Who it’s for
Who should read
this report
Written for curators, heads of animal operations, senior aquarists and dive and life support leads, and the teams who work alongside them.
- Curators
- Heads of animal operations
- Senior aquarists
- Dive and life support leads