The 40-year-old attraction on a pier is home to 900 individual sea creatures, including sharks.
Clacton Pier director Billy Ball, pictured with team member James Adams, says it's time to "close that chapter"
An aquarium that is expecting its energy bills to quadruple by 2024 will close to visitors permanently at the end of this month.It is home to roughly 900 individual fish and other sea creatures, including smooth hound sharks, red-bellied piranhas and turtles."It's a big operation for what is a relatively small part of our business," said Mr Brown.
"We like to think we've run it well, given a bit of education to children and helped push the conservation message."The Seaquarium is home to about 900 individual fish and other examples of sea life There has been some form of wildlife-based attraction the pier since the 1930s, which in the past has included whales, dolphins, sea lions and penguins.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently gave it a positive veterinary inspection report.
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