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The Maui Ocean Center reopened in January after a 10-month closure, during which time all of the aquariums received maintenance and updates.
The Maui Ocean Center reopened in January after implementing a slate of technological and other improvements during a 10-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The aquarium on Maalaea Bay northwest of Kihei, which attracted 442,000 visitors in 2019, closed last March 17 as the state issued stay-at-home orders and other regulations to combat the spread of coronavirus.
"Like most everyone, we were thinking optimistically. We thought we'd be through this relatively quickly," director of marketing Toni Rojas said.
By June, management realized the pandemic was "unfortunately not headed in the right direction," and a plan for a long-term closure was needed.