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Staghorn coral, a species Mote is working to restore
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Mote Launches Transformative Coral Reef Restoration Project with a Nearly $7 Million NOAA grant

April 24, 2023 | Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce it was awarded nearly $7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a four-year, multi-faceted project focused on implementing a holistically transformative coral reef restoration initiative at 10 reef sites along Florida’s...

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Innovative incubator to jumpstart efforts to control harmful algal blooms

October 27, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is partnering with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) in a new $7.5 million grant from NOAA to lead an innovative U.S. Harmful Algal Bloom Control Technologies Incubator (US HAB-CTI) to advance innovative ways to control harmful algal...

Staghorn coral fragments planted at Eastern Dry Rocks, just in time for Earth Day 2021.
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Mote begins coral restoration in large-scale effort in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

April 20, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Large-scale coral restoration begins in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary In the spirit of this year’s Earth Day theme “Restore our Earth,” NOAA and partners are beginning a three-year effort to outplant more than 60,000 fragments of nursery-raised coral at Eastern Dry Rocks Sanctuary Preservation...

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Young dolphin returned to wild after suffering injuries from fishing line

April 02, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to share the following story from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service. Credit all photos to Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. The rescue was conducted and photos were taken under NOAA permit 18786-03. Sarasota Bay, FL - For the...

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