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Chao-Jing Marine Research Center and Badouzi Reclamation Park

The Chao-Jing Marine Research Center and the Badouzi Reclamation Park cover a total area of approximately 30 hectares, including Badouzi Park, Wangyou Valley, Chao-Jing Park, and landfill. The land will house the research center, Chao-Jing Aquaculture Station (completed), Chao-Jing Park (completed), and Reclamation Park.

Chao-Jing Marine Research Center

The Chao-Jing Marine Research Center is responsible for helping in the planning and collecting information for exhibition themes. It is also responsible for the display of marine related exhibitions, and research in archives and educational promotions. Research includes marine science, marine life, applied science and technology, and fishery culture. The center also manages and archives exhibition items, and conducts development research in supplying, breeding, and rearing marine organisms for the aquarium, as well as cultivation technique for aquatic organisms.

The center houses research rooms, labs, archive rooms, animal house, and a multi-purpose conference room. These facilities provide the space needed for researchers to conduct research studies, and also provide storage facility to preserve and manage exhibition specimens.

The Chao-Jing Aquaculture Station was completed in December 2002 as an aquatic laboratory. Its function is to provide supports for marine ecological and organism research in the waters near the NMMST, and in eastern and northern Taiwan. It also takes part in monitoring the waterfront and environment while the NMMST is under construction, and implementing the coastal ecology rehabilitation project. In the future, the workstation will take part in the quarantine and maintenance of the organisms in the aquarium, and in the training of professional personnel for the aquarium as well as in playing the role of a rescue center for aquatic organisms.

The completion of the research center will make up for the lack of research and education space at the workstation. It will also be able to combine the rich marine resources of the surrounding area and form a complete research and educational base for marine science. Part of the center is currently being used as office space for the preparatory office.

* Sketch of the Chao-Jing Marine Research Center

Badouzi Park, Chao-Jing Park, and Reclamation Park

The NMMST site and its surrounding area are enveloped by natural scenery and beautiful terrain, as well as humanity resources. The 30-hectare area is suitable for developing into an “ecological museum.” These outdoor resources together with the indoor exhibitions will form a resourceful marine education park. Completed outdoor parks include the Chao-Jing Park and the Badouzi Park, as well as the Reclamation Park of what was originally a landfill.

The Chao-Jing Park is located on Lane 369 of Beining Road and is opened to public. Current landscaping of the park includes sculpture of a school of fish at the park entrance, a public square decorated with hermit crabs design, an ocean viewing deck, lightings, walkways, fences, plants, and sprinkling irrigation system. At the center of the park is the hermit crabs design signifying water scene and attracting visitors to gather. To the south is the sculpture of a school of fish welcoming visitors at the entrance. This lively outdoor exhibit and the vast square can be used by schools to hold outdoor activities. Since its opening to the public, the park has drawn a streaming string of visitors on the weekends and holidays. It has become a favorite sea viewing spot in the north.

The Reclamation Park is located on northeastern part of the Badouzi peninsula, on what was a landfill, and is adjacent to the Chao-Jing Park. The landfill has undergone soil preparation by the Keelung Environment Protection Bureau. A land sinking detector and sprinkling irrigation system have been installed. Slope protection work and pathways have also been added. The history of the landfill and its subsequent development into a recreational park can be of educational value and be incorporated into the tour guide of the region.

The outdoors is an excellent place to display an exhibition theme and for schools to hold field trips. The parks surrounding the NMMST are perfect for an afternoon of enjoying the scenic coast and mystic mountains, or a day of educational visit to the museum and relaxing tour of the surrounding natural beauty.

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