October 18, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory is proud to announce that its Marketing Coordinator, Sofie Wachtmeister, has joined the Board of Directors of The Sarasota Young Professionals Group (YPG).
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October 18, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to welcome Sam Byrd as the new Membership and Special Events Coordinator Byrd will assist in promoting Mote's memberships and its Buy a Brick program.
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October 12, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and others are monitoring some elevated levels of the naturally occurring Florida red tide algae, Karenia brevis, along southwest Florida. Mote encourages the public to follow online updates.
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October 12, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory’s Mommy & Me Exploring the Bay program was awarded a $10,000 “Nature Play Begins at Your Zoo & Aquarium” from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA).
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October 12, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
The public is invited to attend a free screening of the film “Mullet: A Tale of Two Fish”, followed by an expert panel discussion, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the Mote's WAVE Center.
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October 5, 2016
Hayley Rutger
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Oct. 7, the White House will recognize 12 people from across the country as “White House Champions of Change for Sustainable Seafood.”
One of those Champions is Dr. Kevan Main, Senior Scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota County, Florida, where she serves as Director of the 200-acre Mote Aquaculture Research Park. Main is Past President and a current member of the World Aquaculture Society, and she has led Mote’s aquaculture research efforts since 2001, guiding the development of Mote’s inland, re-circulating aquaculture systems that raise marine fish while recycling 100 percent of the salt water and using fish wastes to fertilize salt-loving plants.
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October 4, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
This November 11-15, twenty-four of the world’s preeminent master sand sculptors will be competing in the Siesta Key Crystal Classic. Now in its seventh year, this popular visual and cultural arts festival has hosted over 200,000 attendees one of the country’s best beaches.
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October 4, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
Join Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and The Circus Arts Conservatory for Circus by the Sea, an exciting collaboration celebrating the arts and culture of these unique organizations right in your backyard! Watch performances by Sailor Circus students surrounded by underwater wonders.
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September 28, 2016
Kaitlyn Fusco
The press release below, from OCEARCH, provides updates on Expedition Nantucket, a multi-institution effort including scientists from Mote. Miss Costa, a 1,168-pound, 12-foot, mature female great white shark is the first shark tagged during Expedition Nantucket.
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