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Catch and release with care: shark-friendly fishing practices

July 21, 2016 | Hayley Rutger

As you enjoy recreational fishing this summer, please remember to handle and release protected fish species with care to help them recover and survive. One adult male and three adult female great hammerhead sharks – a protected species in Florida – washed ashore dead in late June through July...

Dr. Nick Whitney and Jack Morris of Mote prepare to tag a sandbar shark with an acceleration data logger.
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Do sharks survive after the hook? New technology helping solve fisheries mystery

June 23, 2016 | Hayley Rutger

Fitbit-like sensors are the best tools for monitoring whether sharks survive catch-and-release fishing — essential data for fisheries management — according to a peer-reviewed study published today, June 23, by scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory. The study, published online in the scientific...

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April 8-9: William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Honoring Captain Scotty Moore

January 26, 2016 | Kaitlyn Fusco

Registration is now open for the 2015 William R. Mote Memorial Snook Shindig Honoring Captain Scotty Moore, a research-based catch, sample, and release tournament, which will take place April 8 – April 9, 2016. This is a great opportunity for anglers of all ages and abilities to be “citizen scientists”...

Photo caption: Ginger, a Sarasota Bay resident bottlenose dolphin rehabilitated and released by Mote Marine Lab, swims with a calf that appears to be her first baby on Aug. 6 in Sarasota Bay. The
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Dolphin treated and released by Mote seen in wild with new calf

August 13, 2015 | Hayley Rutger

“Ginger,” a bottlenose dolphin rehabilitated at Mote Marine Laboratory, was observed with a calf that appears to be her first baby on Aug. 6 in Sarasota Bay by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP), which has monitored Ginger since her birth to a well-known resident Sarasota Bay dolphin, including...

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