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This week-end Pirate Adventure Mini Golf at Scarborough Sea Life Centre will be offering treasure for bearers of the Black Spot Curse.

 All golfers will have the opportunity to take part in a unique black spot game during the last Whitsun holiday week-end.

 Black cards will be placed around the 12-hole golf course for players to seek out and rearrange in order to uncover the name of a famous pirate.

 At the end of the game, successful players will be handed a gold coin and since their curse will be officially undone they will not have to walk the plank!

 For greedier pirates who jump aboard wearing an item of black clothing and who acknowledge the staff with ‘Ahoy Shipmate, Give me me gold!’ a second piece of gold will be handed over - a must for any true buccaneer. 

 The black spot is a death threat created by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island. The black spot was usually a card with a black spot at the front and more detail about the pirate’s sentence at the back.

John Penrose visited Scarborough as part of a whistle-stop tour of Britain and admitted to being "amazed" by its attractions.

Mr Penrose's trip, which included the Open Air Theatre as its centrepiece, was designed to give him an insight into a traditional seaside town ahead of a government report on increasing tourism in Britain.

Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, who helped arrange the visit, said it was a coup to attract someone of Mr Penrose's calibre to the town.

He said: "It was more of a fact finding mission and a chance for him to come and see what Scarborough had to offer.

"Being the MP for Weston-Super-Mare he comes from a seaside resort but was taken by how Scarborough was quite different from his home town.

"He was certainly impressed by Scarborough's standing as the first seaside resort, he liked the look of the town and thought the Open Air Theatre was amazing. We took him on to the stage area and he thought that was quite awe-inspiring.

"I don't know the last time a Tourism Minister came Scarborough and we were really pleased he could visit."

Future funding for Welcome to Yorkshire is under review.

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For the first time in Scarborough SEA LIFE and Marine Sanctuary history, the Animal Care Team have successfully managed to breed jellyfish.

Aquarist Amy McFarlane has been championing the breeding programme and has seen some fantastic results with cassiopea jellyfish.

Amy started breeding the jellyfish in October and since then has seventeen babies to look after.

“When they were first born they were approximately 2mm in size. It can be quite difficult to spot them sometimes as they are so small” said Amy

“All seventeen are approximately 4mm big now which is great to see” she continued.

The Animal Care Team are hoping that these jellyfish babies will be on display to the public by the end of this year.

“They are eating really well and once we get more light onto them, we are expecting that they will grow even faster. They can grow up to about the size of a dinner plate but it may be some time before they get there” said Amy.

“Scarborough SEA LIFE and Marine Sanctuary has one of the best jellyfish displays across the UK and now we have the chance to make it even better” she continued.

The centre will continue to breed cassiopea jellyfish and hope to donate them to other SEA LIFE centres across the UK.

ISSUED BY SCARBOROUGH SEA LIFE AND MARINE SANCTUARY FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MICHAELA BOWNESS 01723 373414 EXT 2

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Every year, the Animal Care Team at Scarborough Sea Life Centre dedicate their free time to cleaning up Jackson's Bay in North Yorkshire. This year, they need help more than ever…
 
Lyndsey Crawford, Displays Curator at Scarborough Sea Life Centre will be taking the lead on the beach clean due to take place on Sunday 20th September.
 
"We are in our fifth year of supporting the Marine Conservation Society beach clean and unfortunately still face new challenges every year with different types of litter on the beach" said Lyndsey
 
"At Sea Life, we witness the terrifying effects that littering beaches has on animals" Lyndsey commented.
 
In January this year Lyndsey rescued a seal pup, later named Cassie, after she had swallowed a discarded fish hook. "Cassie's injuries were very serious and were a direct result of littering. She was incredibly lucky to survive" "Last year, we saw a worrying increase in plastics – which are so dangerous for our marine life. This is the reason we need extra support and are trying to rally round to get as many people involved this year as possible" she continued.
 
Lyndsey and the team will head to Jackson's Bay on Sunday 20th September at 11.00am, leaving from the Sea Life Centre on the North Bay promenade.
 
Everyone wishing to take part should contact Lyndsey or Josh on 01723 373414. Anybody under 16 years will need to be accompanied by an adult.

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