Fish restaurant makes donation to neighbouring marine aquarium

A PLYMOUTH seafood restaurant is helping to feed fish instead of serve them up, with their latest donation to their aquarium neighbours.

Rockfish has donated a further £8,000 to its neighbour, the National Marine Aquarium, in a bid to help the much-loved Plymouth attraction in wake of another lengthy closure.

This brings the total donated to £23,000 in the past 12 months from

Mitch Tonks’ Coxside eatery, despite the hospitality industry being badly hit by the impact of the pandemic.

The funds were raised by Rockfish over the six months prior to its enforced lockdown closure, and come from their optional £1 table donation from customers.

The cash comes at a crucial time for the aquarium, which relies on visitors to cover its operating costs – and to keep its animals fed, which is upwards of £5,000 each month. But, due to the current Covid-19 lockdown, it has remained closed since late December.

Mr Tonks said: “The aquarium is an iconic part of the Plymouth landscape who do such important work in the community and it is wonderful that we can do something to make a difference, especially during this incredibly challenging year.”