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Click each photo to learn about our conservation-focused science at Mote Marine Laboratory during the last fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020. Additional research updates can be found in the previous section, Innovative research.

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  • Bringing corals back from the brink
  • Achieving fin-tastic firsts with sharks, rays, fisheries
  • Sustaining species: Rescues to research
  • Tackling a huge problem: Tiny plastics
  • Tackling deep questions by joining forces, part 2

    • Fin Fact

    Mote scientists have been pioneering marine aquaponics—farming saltwater fish and plants together in a sustainable, closed-loop system. In fact, Mote has launched an 8,216-square-foot aquaponics farm to demonstrate this exciting sustainable food technology at a scale relevant to commercial farms.

    Fin Fact

    Mote scientists have been pioneering marine aquaponics—farming saltwater fish and plants together in a sustainable, closed-loop system. In fact, Mote has launched an 8,216-square-foot aquaponics farm to demonstrate this exciting sustainable food technology at a scale relevant to commercial farms.

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