As part of its Kona Kai Ola project, Jacoby Development Inc. proposes incorporating a nine-acre marine wildlife park at the center of a lagoon system to be constructed on lands owned by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. According to the project\u2019s proposed Master Development Plan (MDP), the lagoons will include animal exhibits displaying local fish, ray, turtle and shark species, and the wildlife park will cater to hotel and timeshare visitors, as well as Kona residents.<\/p>\n
\tAssociated with a proposed marine science center, the park will \u201cprovide an opportunity for visitors to interact with Hawaiian marine wildlife. Both the Marine Wildlife Park and Marine Science Center result from JDI\u2019s association with Marineland of Florida,\u201d the MDP states. (According to its website, Marineland is a dolphin conservation center built in the 1930s and is being redeveloped by JDI as a \u201cresearch resort destination.\u201d Marineland offers several programs, ranging from $65 to $275, that provide opportunities for visitors to feed, touch or swim with dolphins.)<\/p>\n
— Teresa Dawson<\/p>\n
Volume 17, Number 8, February 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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