November 3, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
A major shark-research expedition aboard the internationally known M/V OCEARCH is launching Nov. 4 in the Gulf of Mexico, with a Mote Marine Laboratory scientist on board to collect and study shark blood samples in a team effort to gather previously unattainable data on these important top predators.
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November 2, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
This year, Mote Marine Laboratory is celebrating its 60-year history as an independent, non-profit “home grown” marine research institution with extensive expertise in conducting ocean science around the world. Mote celebrated its diamond anniversary with Oceanic Evening – its signature annual fundraising event – on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.
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October 28, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Dr. Ryan Schloesser, a postdoctoral scientist who will be working with the Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Program to help develop and test responsible stock enhancement technology to help restore depleted snook populations and advance knowledge about wild snook stocks as part of the Lab’s Fisheries Conservation & Enhancement Initiative.
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October 28, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Sharks gained new protection in Cuban waters on Oct. 21, when the Cuban government released its National Plan of Action for Sharks with the goals of conservation and sustainable management of these ecologically and economically important fishes.
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October 28, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Buoys and ghouls of all ages dressed up in costume for a Night of Fish, Fun & Fright from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, at Mote Aquarium.
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October 23, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Wednesday afternoon the Monroe Board of County Commissioners voted to grant Mote Marine Laboratory a non-residential rate of growth ordinance (NROGO) exemption for Mote’s Florida Keys research facility located at 24244 Overseas Highway, Summerland Key.
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October 21, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Lab scientists continue studying and monitoring the Florida red tide algae, Karenia brevis, along southwest Florida and are encouraging coastal communities to follow online updates. Elevated counts of the algae cells have recently persisted or increased in some Mote-monitored areas.
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October 20, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Photo: FB28 in 1976. Photo by Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit No. 15543.
The second-oldest male resident dolphin of Sarasota Bay was recovered dead by Mote Marine Laboratory’s Stranding Investigations Program on the evening of Oct. 17 near the southern end of Longboat Key. The dolphin’s carcass, decomposed and scavenged by sharks, was identified as FB28 — an individual known to the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP) for more than four decades.
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October 20, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Photo: Riptorn with fish hook caught in dorsal fin, with training fishing line, August 2015. Photo by Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit No. 15543.
The most-recognizable dolphin in Sarasota Bay, Fla., died at age 43 and was recovered on Friday, Oct. 16, after living for decades with scoliosis and a dorsal fin sliced and bent by a boat propeller.
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