News & Press

Mote Senior Scientist, Dr. Robert Hueter, recently returned from a successful OCEARCH Expedition taggin great white sharks off the coast of Nova Scotia. 

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Want to know where your seafood comes from and how it could be produced more sustainably? Watch short films on sustainable seafood farming and hear from experts from the science, aquaculture and restaurant communities, and tour a seafood farming research facility, during Mote Marine Laboratory’s special events for Eat Local Week in Sarasota.

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Curious about red tide and other harmful algal blooms? Hear from a panel of algae and water-quality experts during The Science of: Harmful Algal Blooms, presented on Nov. 15 by UF/FAS Extension Sarasota County and hosted by the Florida Waters Stewardship Program and Florida Sea Grant.

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Mote's first Islamorada Ocean Fest will be December 1, 2018 at Founders Park

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Mote Marine Laboratory is grateful to acknowledge the recent receipt of funds for red tide research from area restaurants and supporters.

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Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Mr. Peter Horton to its Florida Keys Advisory Council supporting Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) on Summerland Key and the growing number of Mote programs throughout Monroe County.

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Continued support from Community Foundation of Sarasota County will go a long way in supporting Mote’s ongoing mission of advancing marine research, conservation and education. 

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Dr. Bob Hueter, Senior Scientist, Director of the Center for Shark Research, Program Manager, Perry W. Gilbert Chair in Shark Research, is serving as the Expedition Chief Scientist aboard the vessel M/V OCEARCH off the coast of Nova Scotia for a month-long white shark tagging expedition.

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Amanda Hodo, Aquarium Biologist I, was selected as one of four winners for the AZA 'Find Your Heroes' video contest.

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