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Enjoy a day of fun, music, food and shopping to celebrate the Florida Key's treasured marine environment while raising funds for coral reef restoration during the 7th Florida Keys Ocean Festival & Waterfront Craft Show. The event will take place from 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, on April 2 at...
Registration is now open for the 2015 William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Honoring Captain Scotty Moore, a research-based catch, sample, and release tournament, which will take place April 8 – April 9, 2016. This is a great opportunity for anglers of all ages and abilities to be “citizen scientists”...
Join Dr. Jim Locascio, staff scientist in Mote Marine Laboratory’s Fisheries Habitat Ecology program, for coffee and pastries at Mote’s Boca Grande office (480 East Railroad Ave., Railroad Plaza, Boca Grande, FL 33921). The free public discussion is from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. After a brief presentation...
Join the Women's Giving Circle from Mote Marine Laboratory for its annual Tea for the Sea, which unites women in philanthropy for the pursuit of science. The tea will take place on Feb. 5 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club, Habourside Dining Room, 3000 Harbourside Drive on Longboat Key, Fla. Hats...
In honor of #GivingTuesday — today, Dec. 1 — Mote Marine Lab is excited to share some of the ways we give back to the sea, along with ideas for how the public can help throughout this season of giving. Giving Tuesday started in 2012 through a partnership between the United Nations Foundation...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists invited kids to discover the fun of sustainable fishing and learn how anglers can make a “reel” difference for marine environments at this year’s Snook Shindig Teach-A-Kid Fishing Clinic Saturday, Nov. 7. During the Fishing Clinic, 130 kids ages 5 to 16 learned...
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. The Aquarium was decorated with jack-o-lanterns, mummies and all things Halloween. Visitors sailed the spooky seas and discovered creatures from the...
From farm-to-fork, sea vegetables and red drum, a saltwater fish species, grown at Mote Aquaculture Park (MAP) using aquaponics – raising seafood while using the wastewater to fertilize salt-loving crops – are making their way into Southwest Florida’s eco-friendly food scene. Mote Marine Laboratory’s...
(Keyless, the winning sand sculpture in the 2014 Siesta Key Crystal Classic, photo credit: Studio F productions.) The Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competitionfeatures professional sand sculptors creating towering artworks that can exceed 10 feet tall. The Crystal Classic has become...
On Monday, July 20, Mote Marine Laboratory joined forces with members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International in an underwater mission to restore Florida’s reef. In all, more than 50 divers planted some 250 fragments of staghorn coral in Mote’s special restoration...