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Mote Marine Laboratory joined forces with Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International divers in late June to advance coral reef restoration in the Florida Keys. The combined teams embarked on a vital mission to expand and strengthen the coral nurseries so Mote can pursue broader...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to announce the official opening of its second satellite coral nursery at the Reefhouse Resort & Marina in Key Largo, Florida. The facility joins Mote’s main Keys lab, the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration...
On April 28, Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada at Bud 'N Mary's Marina. These corals were initially fragmented on the evening of November 11, 2021 during a special celebration of the opening of Islamorada's first and only coral nursery. The Stanczyk...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium announced plans for future development to bring science-based coral reef restoration to Key Largo. A new land-based nursery, the first in Key Largo, will be built on the grounds of the Reefhouse Resort & Marina, formerly known as Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral, with the goal of strategically breeding and restoring this rapidly declining, native species that is at risk of disappearing from Florida’s Coral Reef in our lifetime.
Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)...
Threatened coral reefs will have more powerful allies in the Florida Keys following the official opening of Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) on May 25 at Summerland Key, Florida.
The 19,000-square-foot facility will more than double...