Local company teams up with Mote to support coral restoration

Recognizing the critical need for healthy oceans, Enzymedica, a Venice-based company, is devoting a portion of the sales of its new Aqua Biome fish oil supplements to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s vital coral reef restoration project in the Florida Keys. Enzymedica’s donations have already surpassed $65,000 this year.

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New red tide study: Why do blooms vary and ultimately end?

Mote Marine Laboratory and partners are redoubling their efforts to understand how environmental variables influence Florida red tides—a higher-than-normal concentrations of Karenia brevis algae—and how these harmful algal blooms ultimately come to an end.

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Mote adds new Associate Vice President

Mote is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Claridge as the new Associate Vice President for Sponsored Research & Coastal Policy Programs. 

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Podcast: Manatee science by air, land and sea

Florida manatees are iconic for the Sunshine State. They're on license plates, they're the focus of major conservation and management initiatives, and they delight residents and ecotourists who are lucky enough to watch these 1,000-pound-plus mammals from a safe distance in the wild. Mote's Manatee Research Program has studied wild manatees for decades, and their efforts are just as interesting as the animals they study. In this episode, hosts Joe and Hayley talk to Mote Senior Biologist Sheri Barton about how she and her colleagues recognize individual manatees in the wild, monitor them from boats and shore, count manatees from the air, study the habitats used by these threatened mammals, and more.

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Lucky’s Bags for Change

From Aug. 18-Nov. 9, the Bags for Change event allows Lucky’s Market shoppers in Sarasota to support Mote Marine Laboratory and the young people we serve.

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