Särkänniemi Dolphinarium, Tampere, Finland

The International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise was celebrated in the Sarkänniemi Dolphinarium of Tampere. In 2012 the main event on this day was a lecture given by the project leader for the Finnish section of the SAMBAH project, Olli Loisa, about the Baltic harbour porpoise. Children took part in a drawing contest. There was a stand offering T-Shirts with the print ‘Get a porpoise in your life’: a play on words of ‘porpoise’ and ‘purpose’. In 2013, as per usual, the Dolphinarium had a large attendance, facilitated by the extended opening times during the summer season. A drawing contest for kids, leaflets about ASCOBANS, as well as an array of posters were set up in the entrance hall. Outreach was successful with balloons with ASCOBANS postcards attached to them, being sold.