Frozen mullet utilized in a sustainable seafood study at Mote Aquaculture Research Park. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory

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...

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....

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Mote study reveals untapped resource for sustainable seafood farmers and mullet fishermen

Mote study aims to add value to southwest Florida mullet fishery