September 17, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium's redesigned web site, mote.org, won Best of Show for its budget class on Monday during VISIT FLORIDA’s 48th Annual Florida Governor's Conference on Tourism in Tampa.
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September 16, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
The Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival (Nov. 13-17) is now offering sponsorship, ticket sales, vendor village and donation opportunities online at www.siestakeycrystalclassic.com.
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September 16, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Electric vehicles and other eco-friendly technologies showed their power during “Electrify the Island”: the Sarasota-based kickoff event for the fifth annual National Drive Electric Week, which featured local events across the nation.
It was Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s third year hosting the event on its City Island campus, and the fourth annual celebration held in Sarasota.
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September 8, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Electric vehicles and other eco-friendly technologies will show their power during “Electrify the Island”: the Sarasota-based kickoff event for the fifth annual National Drive Electric Week, which will feature more local events than ever this year: 170 events in 165 cities coast-to-coast.
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September 8, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Take a closer look at the wondrous oceans by visiting Mote Marine Laboratory’s traveling exhibits – Discovery Reef and Sanctuary Reef – which recently arrived at the Keys History and Discovery Center in Islamorada, Fla., and will stay through February 2016.
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September 8, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
The annual community-wide Giving Challenge on Sept. 1 and 2 raised vital funds for hundreds of Southwest Florida nonprofits. Mote Marine Laboratory is thanking the community for making more than 200 gifts totaling $25,200 to the Lab online, along with several generous offline gifts. Mote staff plan to tally the total funds in the coming weeks, and this year's total will be matched up to $40,000 thanks to two generous, anonymous donors.
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September 4, 2015
Hayley Rutger
An “invisible” threat has begun to harm Florida’s marine resources — but the Sunshine State has unique strengths and opportunities to respond — said scientists, government officials and other key stakeholders Wednesday during a statewide roundtable on ocean acidification.
The roundtable — hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory and Ocean Conservancy at Mote’s campus in Sarasota, Fla. — wove together the latest scientific knowledge; fostered collaborations among researchers, resource managers, community environmental leaders, legislators and industry representatives; raised questions for local, state and regional planning; and will benefit others in Florida and beyond through a special report expected in the coming weeks.
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September 4, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
The 2nd International Workshop on Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Climate Change on Coral Reefs was co-hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences (IUI) of Eilat, Israel. The Workshop took place at Mote’s Tropical Research Lab in Summerland Key, Fla. from Aug. 25 – Sept.1, 2015 and brought together participants from Cuba, Israel, Jordan, Italy, Guam, the U.K. and the U.S.
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September 1, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have received a $192,310 federal grant to continue studies using iPhone-quality motion sensors to examine survival and recovery rates of several shark species after they are caught and released by Florida’s commercial fishers.
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