Join us in our mission
To invite everyone to discover the joy of the ocean, inspiring them to protect its future.
Through immersive experiences and engaging storytelling across our global network of aquariums, and guided by our three conservation pillars: Rescue, Restore, Protect, we commit to safeguarding the ocean in collaboration with our partners, such as the SEA LIFE Trust.
Our charity, SEA LIFE Trust
Together, we do amazing conservation work. Find out more and see how you can make a difference.
Beluga Whale Santuary, a world-first!
From Shanghai to Iceland, this is a ground-breaking project providing formerly captive beluga whales a safe and more natural home.
Rescue, Restore, Protect
Our conservation programme consists of a system of care and best-practise animal husbandry that draws on decades of collective experience from our marine biologists.
Worldwide Beach Cleans
Team up with our passionate staff and join one of our beach cleans, helping to raise awareness about plastic pollution, keeping our beaches clean and...did we mention they´re fun too?
European pond turtle - short: Emy
In Germany there is only one native turtle species - the European pond turtle. However, due to changes in nature, the habitat of these reptiles is increasingly endangered. Therefore SEA LIFE together with the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) campaigns for the animals threatened by extinction, so that they do not disappear from the landscape and the consciousness of humans.
Yellow-bellied toads
SEA LIFE Hanover and NABU Lower Saxony are working together for the endangered animals so that they do not disappear from the landscape and the consciousness of the people. As part of a joint protective measure between NABU Lower Saxony and SEA LIFE Hanover, the yellow-bellied toads are bred in the large aquarium. The yellow-bellied toads spend the first part of their life in special and species-appropriate aquariums before they can be released into the wild.
Atlantic Salmon
SEA LIFE Hanover is committed to preserving Atlantic salmon for future generations together with Leine-Lachs e.V. Breed: Returning fish are caught so that they can shed eggs and seeds. The fertilized eggs are artificially incubated in the hatchery of the North German Salmon Center in Gronau. Rescue: The young animals are fostered until they can be distributed to the appropriate waters. Release: SEA LIFE Hanover shows some of the young animals in their aquarium and releases them regularly together with the Leine-Lachs e.V. into the wild.
European Crayfish
A European crayfish couple is at home in SEA LIFE Hanover. Due to the displacement of other types of crayfish and the introduction of a deadly disease - the crayfish plague - these endangered animals are now only found in a few bodies of water in our region. SEA LIFE Hanover wants to make a contribution to species conservation here too.
German Ocean Foundation
The German Ocean Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting the oceans. It raises awareness of the threats facing the world's oceans and highlights possible courses of action. To this end, it brings together initiatives and projects from all areas of the maritime economy, politics, research and society to form a powerful voice for our oceans.
Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)
NABU has been committed to species and nature conservation in Germany for over 100 years. Together with SEA LIFE, projects such as the European pond turtle conservation project have been implemented to protect the European pond turtle, a species native to Germany. This species is on the Red List of Threatened Species. NABU and SEA LIFE are working together to reintroduce the species – with success.
