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To celebrate the limited-time exhibit "Sea Debris: Awareness through Art" at Mote Aquarium in 2017–2018, Mote's team shared the following highlights from our efforts to address marine debris and advance other sustainability goals. City Island campus in Sarasota Florida (including Mote Aquarium) Informing...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have joined the latest OCEARCH expedition to study great white sharks off New York, with the hope of encountering juvenile sharks to better understand the lives of these important top predators. In 2016, OCEARCH and a team of participating scientists tagged nine young-of-the-year...
Mote Marine Laboratory was pleased to accept a Bird Key Yacht Club donation of $10,000 resulting from the April 2017 Sarasota Bay Cup: The Mote Marine Laboratory Regatta competitive sailing race. This year, Mote Marine Laboratory and the Bird Key Yacht Club joined forces to present the regatta. The...
Divers removed 1,079 invasive lionfish from the Gulf of Mexico, saving an estimated total of at least 1.6 million fish from the invasive predator during the fourth annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby, which concluded July 9 at Mote Marine Laboratory. The Sarasota, Florida-based derby was a partnership...
Mote Marine Laboratory found evidence that two nesting sea turtles dragged beach furniture caught on their upper shells during the past week on Longboat Key — a reminder that southwest Floridians should remove beach furniture at night to protect these threatened and endangered reptiles. Loggerhead...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are working with volunteers to restore corals this month in waters of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West, Florida. Pre-registration is required and details are below. This is the second summer of a partnership project by Mote, Florida Park Service,...
Written by: Nadine Slimak Stellar scientists, hero veterans and future leaders planted 500 corals near Looe Key this week, marking the sixth year of a unique partnership involving science, conservation and restoration. Some 36 members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts...
Written by: Mary Alice Blackstock This Father’s Day treat your dad to a FIN-tastic day at Mote Aquarium! Come visit all the animals, learn about the importance of our oceans and make memories that will last a lifetime. All dads get free admission to Mote Aquarium with the purchase of their accompanied...
Join Mote Marine Laboratory for the fourth annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby, which invites scuba divers to compete for more than $3,500 in cash prizes by netting or spearing lionfish in an effort to control the spread of this invasive species. The derby will take place from July 7-9 with its home base...
In honor of this year’s World Oceans Day, Mote Marine Laboratory is holding a Give-a-Thon to help support its mission: today’s research for tomorrow’s oceans. The Give-a-Thon is a 48-hour fundraising event from noon on Friday, June 2, through noon on Sunday, June 4. This year, thanks to the...