In an aquarium (illustration) -
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The Cap d'Agde aquarium (Hérault) did not survive the coronavirus crisis.
In a message posted on Facebook, the Pigno family, owners of the site for nearly thirty years, indicate that the establishment is definitely closing its doors.
“The aquarium was very hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis, say the managers on Facebook.
After the administrative closure of the first confinement last spring, a mixed season with health restrictions, the administrative reclosure of the second confinement, extended ... We are unable to reopen our doors in 2021. Our small 100% private establishment , which lives only on entry tickets, cannot recover from 5 months of closure.
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"The Covid-19 got the better of us"
"The heavy heart", the aquarium of Cap d'Agde, which welcomed three million visitors, closes "at the dawn of the 30 years of an intense and exciting family adventure".
“In three decades we have gone through thunderstorms, storms, even cyclones, but it was the Covid-19 that got the better of us!
», Resume the owners of the aquarium, whose residents will be adopted by colleagues elsewhere in France.
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