Mostar. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Aquarium Boka is present at the seminar “Biodiversity of the Neretva River” at the Hotel Mostar. At this seminar, held as part of the project “Explore Cross-Border Aquatic Biodiversity – EXChAngE”, tour operators and tour guides are gathered to be introduced by the project team and selected experts with a diversity of aquatic life in the…
Kotor, Montenegro. As of Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the Aquarium Boka, due to the great interest of visitors, extends the working hours! The new opening hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., every day. Use ticket promo prices! See you at the Aquarium Boka!
Kotor, Montenegro: Ms. Zorka Kordić, Montenegro’s Chief Negotiator with the European Union, visited Kotor as part of the European Day project in your city. As part of this visit, she also met with representatives of the Institute for Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro. “Kotor is the best example of how European funds could be used for implementation of…
Kotor, 10.06.2021 The Aquarium Boka opened doors for public visits today. The aquarium will be open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 AM to 19 PM, at promotional prices, which are 50% reduced compared to standard prices. On Mondays and Tuesdays, the Aquarium Boka will be closed to the public. The price of the ticket, for an adult, at a promotional rate…
Kotor, 10.06.2021. The first visitors of the Adriatic Biodiversity Conservation Center “Aquarium Boka” today, organized by the Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro, were awarded students of the Elementary School “Savo Ilić”. The aquarium, on an area of 300 m2, is located in the Radoničić Palace in Kotor, which is a cultural monument of Montenegro. The head…
Kotor, Montenegro: Ex-post evaluation of the project “Marine Biodiversity Conservation Center “Boka Aquarium” (MonteAqua)” provides conclusions and recommendations regarding the implementation, achievements, and rationale of the project. The final score of the evaluation is that the MonteAqua project exceeds the number of the criteria and represents good practice. Regarding implementation, evaluation states that project activities were carried out efficiently and…
It has been a challenging year due to Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis that followed it. Under such difficult circumstances, we did our best to successfully implement the MonteAqua project and contribute to Montenegro’s accession to the European Union in the field of nature protection in relation to aquatic ecosystems and sustainable management of protected aquatic ecosystems. We want…
Kotor. Montenegro. The Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro is celebrating the successful closure of the MonteAqua project which mobilized 1,17M EUR for setting up the Adriatic Biodiversity Conservation Center “Aquarium Boka” with the first Montenegrin public aquarium and a rescue center for sea turtles and other endangered marine animals. Funds were secured through grants from the Norwegian Embassy…
Kotor, Montenegro. MonteAqua project strengthened Montenegrin institutional capacities for the adoption of appropriate law provisions and implementing acts for achieving full transposition of EU legislation in the field of Nature Protection (relevant to water ecosystems) by organizing 4 workshops: Invasive and alien species Sustainable Fisheries – Fight Against Illegal Fishing Zoo Directive” and “CITES Habitats EC directive…