NEWPORT – Save The Bay’s Exploration Center has installed its second new display, “Bay of the Future,” in as many years.
A 350-gallon tank, the new exhibit provides a home for warm-water fish that have been swept north by the Gulf Stream. Tropical species on display in the exhibit include striped burrfish, crevalle jack, scamp grouper, pinfish, spotfin butterflyfish and short big-eye.
Adam Kovarsky, Save The Bay aquarium manager, said many of the fish are rescued by concerned citizens.
“These fish are brought to us by local fisherman and community members who know the fish would not survive our cold winter waters. We give them a long life and they help us educate community members about marine life in Narragansett Bay and changing climate conditions,” he said.
According to Save The Bay, temperatures in Narragansett Bay have risen by four degrees Fahrenheit in the past century. This exhibit challenges visitors to think about what the bay will look like in 1,000 years and how ecosystems might have changed in that time.
