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Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are monitoring the new “living seawall” installed by the City of Sarasota last week along 262 feet of Sarasota’s Bayfront Park with the goal of attracting more marine life to benefit Sarasota Bay. The living seawall is a series of naturalistic concrete, rock...
Researchers highlight the need to increase genetic diversity among staghorn corals to prevent further loss in the Florida Reef Tract, U.S. --- Bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures could increase mortality among a coral species already threatened by disease, says new research by Mote...
Since July 2018, elevated numbers of bottlenose dolphins have died along Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in southwest Florida. On Aug. 30, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared this an unusual mortality event (UME), likely related...
End-of-year updates (December 2018) Amid this year's announcement of a snook restocking initiative (original story below), Mote’s Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Program also continued its own snook studies that could help inform snook-release efforts expected to ramp up in 2019. This year,...
VOTE HERE! Amanda Hodo, Aquarium Biologist at Mote, is a finalist in the Find Your Heroes contest through the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Out of 95 entrants, only ten were selected as finalists, including Amanda! Voting concludes on September 12, 2018. Visit aza.org/heroes, scroll...
Florida International University and Mote Marine Laboratory are developing new and more efficient ways to treat manatees exposed to toxic red tide. Through a $428,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ECOHAB program, FIU and Mote are launching a three-year project...
Stephannie Kettle joined Mote Marine Laboratory's Community Relations & Communications team in August 2018 as the Public Relations Manager. She is responsible for writing press releases and coordinating media inquiries with local, regional and national outlets to continually raise awareness for Mote...
---------------- Two pygmy killer whales, rescued in Clearwater, arrived at Mote Marine Laboratory on August 29, 2018. Read patient cases here: Thunder and Lightning A third whale, rescued in Longboat Key by Mote Marine Laboratory, arrived on September 4, 2018. Read patient case here: Bolt ---------------- NEWEST...
End-of-year update (December 2018) Preliminary results: Snook rapid assessment during 2018 red tide along Boca Grande When spawning snook perish from Florida red tide, other adult snook may re-occupy their spawning sites rapidly after conditions improve, according to Mote Marine Laboratory’s August...
Communities affected by the current Florida red tide are asking great questions — in particular, what more can be done to address this challenging harmful algal bloom (HAB) and better protect public health and quality of life? Mote Marine Laboratory — an independent research institution that has...