Shares in Deep-Sea Leisure (DSL) have been temporarily suspended from trading on AIM pending the publication of interim results for the six months to 31 August 2002.

The company, which operates two aquariums - Blue Planet in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, Fife - has called in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as auditors to review DSL's accounting practices following the acquisition of a major interest in the company by Net-Ein SA.

Net-Ein, a subsidiary of leisure park and aquarium operator Aspro Group, acquired 34 per cent of DSL's issued ordinary share capital for 38.6p per share in August.

DSL's interim results should have been published on 29 November, but have been postponed while DSL works with PwC to establish the impact of any accounting changes on the results for the six month period in question.

The company will release the finalised financial report when the review is complete.