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Mote, CWVC, and SNI divers on boat during coral restoration initiative.
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Mote Marine Laboratory, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, and SCUBAnauts International Join Forces for Coral Conservation

July 17, 2024 | Kathryn Gentile

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 and supporters cut the ribbon to open a new coral nursery in Key Largo
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Mote, state and local officials, community members welcome Key Largo’s 1st land-based coral nursery

August 17, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

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...

Mote plans to consistently out plant coral over the coming weeks and months in the Upper Keys
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Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada

May 19, 2022 | mote

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...

Coral fragments growing in a raceway. Mote is bringing a new land-based nursery to Key Largo
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Mote announces plans for new land-based coral nursery, the first of its kind in Key Largo

March 01, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

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 scientists set up their underwater, ELKHORN coral, spawning nursery. Credit: Dr. Hanna Koch/Mote Marine Laboratory
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Mote launches elkhorn coral spawning nursery to aid threatened species

April 10, 2020 | Hayley Rutger

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)...

Mote's IC2R3 on Summerland Key, Florida, in April 2017, ahead of the May 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony. Credit: Mote Marine Lab
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Donation expands Mote’s climate change studies ahead of its new Keys building ribbon cutting in May

May 11, 2017 | Kaitlyn Fusco

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...

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