Donation allows Mote to expand red tide research in Boca Grande

Thursday, Feb. 23, Dr. Michael P. Crosby, President & CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory, announced that an anonymous challenge donation of $100,000 has been made to support Mote scientists’ efforts to expand their red tide-related research and outreach efforts in Boca Grande.

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March 24: Party on the Pass to support Mote’s animal hospitals

Join Mote Marine Laboratory for a “hot night in Havana” while supporting Mote’s hospitals for sea turtles, dolphins and whales. Mote’s 2017 Party on the Pass, a casual evening of good food, good fun and good will, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 24, in the Aquarium courtyard.

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Podcast: Not your typical day at the aquarium

Mote Aquarium, an informal science education center in Sarasota, Florida, shares the research of Mote Marine Laboratory with the public and features animals native to Florida waters and other places where Mote works. Joe and Hayley learn from (and laugh with) Evan Barniskis, Assistant Vice President of Mote Aquarium, about what it takes to keep the Aquarium running, what stories Barniskis has accumulated during a decade with Mote and some specific ways the Aquarium shares Mote research.

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Mote announces sailing regatta

Dr. Michael Crosby, President & CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory and Charles S. Wilson, Commodore of Bird Key Yacht Club, have joined forces to present The Sarasota Bay Cup: The Mote Marine Laboratory Regatta, the longest running sailing regatta held annually on Sarasota Bay, which will take place Saturday, April 22, 2017.

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Mote to join OCEARCH shark tagging expedition

OCEARCH and its team of collaborating scientists, including Dr. Robert Hueter, Director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory, are embarking on a three-week expedition to tag mature great white sharks. The expedition will run from Feb. 22 - March 15 in waters off South Carolina and possibly North Carolina and Georgia.

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