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Dr. Kevan Main, Mote's Associate Vice President for Research and Program Manager for Aquaculture Research, spoke with Jeff Glor from CBS This Morning to discuss Mote's aquaculture research and the future of the industry. Check out the video below!
It’s official, the first sea turtles have landed on the shores of Sarasota County, just in time for Earth Day. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program (STCRP) documented the first nest of the season today, April 22, 2021. The nest is located in Venice,...
The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Elizabeth Moore, Mote Trustee and the namesake of Mote's Keys campus, the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration, as the 24th Lightning Community Hero this season during the first period of April 22's game against the Columbus Blue...
Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine, on ABC’s Good Morning America The state of the world’s oceans and coral reefs, and how organizations like Mote are working to save them, takes center stage in advance of Earth Day Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s...
Large-scale coral restoration begins in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary In the spirit of this year’s Earth Day theme “Restore our Earth,” NOAA and partners are beginning a three-year effort to outplant more than 60,000 fragments of nursery-raised coral at Eastern Dry Rocks Sanctuary Preservation...
When Cindy Burnett called Mote Marine Laboratory’s 24/7 marine animal stranding hotline on April 12, 2021 about a manatee she thought was in trouble, she at first had no idea what they were actually witnessing: a female manatee giving birth! Burnett was at home in Siesta Harbor when she noticed...
How can I find out what current red tide conditions are? Mote’s Beach Conditions Reporting System provides shoreline observations as often as twice daily: visitbeaches.org/map To report fish kills, contact the FWC Fish Kill Hotline at 800-636-0511 or submit a report online. FWC’s statewide...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephannie Kettle Public Relations Manager | Mote Marine Laboratory skettle@mote.org | 941.302.4997 Sarasota, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and the City of Anna Maria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue the construction...
As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) brings together nations and organizations to preserve...
This story is a highlight from our 2020 Annual Report. TURNING THE (RED) TIDE WITH A GAME-CHANGING INITIATIVE As Gulf of Mexico communities recovered from the Florida red tide bloom of 2017-19—and its devastating impact on our environment, economy and quality of life—Mote Marine Laboratory...