Mevagissey Aquarium — Attraction in England

How cruel and thoughtless to force big fish to live in tiny aquariums with no shelter from the constant attention of people. These fish appear to be wild caught and must find this life so stressful. The large eel has to bend itself in half in order to turn round in this narrow short prison. It tries desperately to hide in a small drain pipe but can only hide not even half of its length. I told the woman on the desk that I would not make a donation to somewhere that causes suffering and highlighted the plight of the eel in the ridiclously small tank only to be told "well ells live in caves". Not sure what relevance that has to anything. The whole place is old and tired and I see no value in its existence. What is it doing other than showing visitors how not to keep fish. The problem is that some people will think this is OK and it isn't. If I could award no stars I would, the place is a disgrace and should...

Very disappointed with the person on the counter today. I've visited mevagissey since I was 6 and I'm now 29, always popped in to see what fish are there and always leave a donation, which did not happen today. The person on the counter refused entry to me and my sister as we had no mask. She didn't even ask if we were exempt which my sister is. Was going to argue with her about government guidelines as masks are not mandatory, but I didn't see the point, even the fact that she was not wearing one, so what made her exempt. The fact we are double jabbed and also had my booster before we come away, I was highly upset that we couldn't do something we have always done. Especially since this is the first year we have been back to Mevagissey without our dad who passed away in February. Customer service may need...

Was looking forward to visiting, but upon entry quickly changed my mind. The majority of the fish are way too big for those tanks, the tanks look unclean, and with it being on the coast you can assume they’re all wild caught. What got me was the dogfish(?) eggs in one of the tanks. As there is only one dogfish, I assume she was caught while pregnant and had to lay her eggs in the tank. These tanks are very obviously not built to sustain any kind of breeding program.

We were going to leave a donation but changed our minds because of all this. On the walk back to the town we saw plenty of fish and jellyfish in their natural habitat, a much better viewing experience than this aquarium.

Probably technically wheelchair accessible, but the entrance and walkway are narrow and it gets busy. Not...