Aquarium at Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri with long costal drive lane and without sea life ..?? impossible..!! 

Aquarium Entrance

When we think of aquarium, it’s big glass ponds with illuminated lights and different variety of fishes. Yes! You can see same at Ratnagiri aquarium and Museum which also have it's own Marine Biological Research Station.

Konkan has wide range of beaches and sea life which adds five starts in Konkan aquarium business. People do visit this aquarium and keeping this hobby in mind it established Marine Aquarium and Museum in around 1958.

At entrance of aquarium they put  giant show piece of real ship 'Varsha', which attracts each visitor also in each wall of aquarium they painted different fish photos. You can find some of them below.

This aquarium have beautiful specimens like Lion Fish, Sea horse fish, Trigger fish, big Sea-turtles, Sea cucumbers, sea snakes, Star fish, Lobsters, and many more.

Sea Fish Farming

 They also do farming of prawns, crabs and different fish.

This Aquarium also has sea museum which stored/stuffed different fish in glass tubes I have seen my favorite dolphin fish stuffed and stored… J

Stuffed Fish

One of best attraction of these museums has a giant wheal skeleton which is approx 55 feet long

The Government of Maharashtra and Department of Fisheries established Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS) in this aquarium of Ratnagiri for scientific and planned development of fisheries on the south Konkan coast. This is good institute for students who considering their career in sea life or those who have hobby of sea life.

Wheal Skeleton

Tortoise

Lion Fish

To visit this you have to pay Rs 5/- per head.

Location :

This is must visit museum at Mandavi Beach Ratanagiri also called as Gate way of Ratnagiri at Bhagawati mandir road.