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A photo of Swiss chard grown by the Beginning Farmer Education Program.
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Mote Launches Sustainable Farming Program with Sarasota County

January 25, 2024 | Sean Stover

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to announce the Beginning Farmer Education Program in partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County with the goal of creating the future Florida workforce in food, sustainable farming, and natural resources. The 8-week program provides the next generation...

Red drum are released by Mote scientists from a bucket into Phillippi Creek in Sarasota County
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Mote raises and releases largest number of hatchery-reared red drum in its history

June 22, 2023 | Olivia Cameron

Mote’s Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Programs worked together to successfully raise 20,000 red drum fish –and plan to release all the fish in Sarasota and Charlotte counties this month with the goal of replenishing red drum populations that have been negatively affected by events...

Mote scientist works with an almaco jack at the Mote Aquaculture Research Park
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Check this out! Mote aquaculture research featured nationally on CBS

May 07, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

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!

30 day-old almaco jack. Credit Ron Hans/Mote Marine Laboratory
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Shaping the future of seafood: Exciting new research at Mote – 2020 Annual Report

March 02, 2021 | Hayley Rutger

This is a highlight from Mote's 2020 Annual Report. SEAFOOD 2.0 Nearly 60% of Earth’s fisheries are being fished to their capacity, and 34% are overfished. By 2030, fish farms are expected to supply nearly two-thirds of food fish worldwide. For decades, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists...

Frozen mullet utilized in a sustainable seafood study at Mote Aquaculture Research Park. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory
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Mote study reveals untapped resource for sustainable seafood farmers and mullet fishermen

November 06, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

Seafood farmers can raise fish successfully on a diet made with leftover, wild-caught mullet—a discovery that can improve sustainable seafood farming and add value to a major Florida fishery—reports a Mote Marine Laboratory study supported by Gulf Coast Community Foundation. Study partners fed...

Young snook in Mote study of probiotics for aquaculture.
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Probiotics boost survival of ‘baby’ snook in aquaculture

April 17, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

A new peer reviewed study led by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists was the first to highlight the benefit of adding two probiotic strains of Bacillus bacteria during the rearing of common snook, a popular Florida sportfish. Groups of snook larvae (babies) that received the probiotic in their feed and...

Dr. Alex Beavers Chief Innovation Officer
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Mote recruits Chief Innovation Officer to translate science for economic impact

January 15, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce that Dr. Alex Beavers has accepted the position of Chief Innovation Officer, a new role dedicated to transitioning Mote research into commercial applications that are ocean-friendly and produce economic benefits both locally and globally. Dr. Beavers,...

Mote Senior Biologist Tom Waldrop & Steve Duncan, truck driver for Chiles Restaurant Group, move mullet for Mote study.
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Mote study aims to add value to southwest Florida mullet fishery

April 24, 2018 | Hayley Rutger

Study begins second phase with donation from Chiles Restaurant Group Credit photo above: Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory --- In southwest Florida, cured mullet roe called bottarga fetches higher prices than the fish producing it, and sometimes unused fish are left after bottarga is sold....

Panelists discuss opportunities and challenges of seafood farming in the U.S. during Capitol Hill Oceans Week on June 9 in D.C.
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Capitol Hill Ocean Week features Mote’s sustainable fish-farming expert

June 14, 2016 | Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory helped promote Florida’s eco-friendly seafood and shared its research and expertise with ocean-focused leaders during Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) from June 7-9 in Washington, D.C. Each year, CHOW draws more than 600 national and international scientists, policymakers, leaders...

Photo: On Friday, Sept. 18, Mote Marine Laboratory research leaders greet scientists from the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute and Yantai University in China, who visited Mote to share knowledge about fisheries research designed to help feed growing populations. (Credit Mote Marine Laboratory).
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Q&A: Chinese fisheries scientists visit Mote, highlight need to meet growing seafood demand

September 23, 2015 | Hayley Rutger

With dwindling supplies of seafood for Earth’s growing population, fisheries enhancement and aquaculture (fish farming) research are needed more than ever, said Chinese scientists from the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI) who visited Mote Marine Laboratory on Thursday and Friday to exchange...

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