3-601: The Portobello Marine Laboratory is located on the end of a short peninsula close to the township of Portobello , within the limits of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand 's South Island . It is run as part of the University of Otago , the main campus of which is 23 kilometres to the southwest in Dunedin's main urban area. The laboratory is New Zealand and Oceania 's oldest established marine research facility and
6-548: Is highly regarded worldwide for its facilities and research, and is an important asset to the university's Marine Science Department. The facility also includes the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre , which offers education programmes to pre-booked groups. 45°49′41″S 170°38′27″E / 45.82792°S 170.64090°E / -45.82792; 170.64090 This New Zealand university, college or other education institution article
9-416: Was opened on 13 January 1904. It was originally proposed for Dunedin by leading MP and naturalist G. M. Thomson as a fish hatchery. Initially planned to be sited at Pūrākaunui , north of Port Chalmers , the current site on the shores of Otago Harbour was deemed more suitable. The laboratory went through a period of revival in the 1950s, in which Elizabeth Joan Batham was a key player. The laboratory
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