MIAMI - The Miami Seaquarium remained open Monday after Miami-Dade County building officials said several safety violations were repaired over the weekend.
The most dangerous areas of the 48-year-old facility were closed Friday, after a marine mammal advocacy group alerted officials to several code violations, including corroded guardrails on the bridge over a shark moat, exposed electrical wiring, and crumbling concrete and guardrails on stairways and viewing decks.
County officials had threatened a complete shutdown Monday if the electrical problems were not immediately addressed.
"They made the public areas that we are concerned with safe, meaning they disconnected all exposed wiring and did some repairs," county building director Charles Danger said. "I know they are on top of it.."
The Seaquarium must file a repair schedule by the end of the week, he said.
