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Over the course of a few releases in early June, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists released 1,440 hatchery-reared juvenile snook into Phillippi Creek, a local estuary system important for this species. This is part of an ongoing research project which focuses on finding the most effective methods to...
Recently, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists released 7,500 healthy, juvenile, hatchery-reared snook into creeks in Southwest Florida, with the goal of replenishing snook populations that have been negatively affected by events such as cold stuns and Florida red tide. This is the largest number of snook...
During fall 2018, Florida red tide—a harmful bloom of Karenia brevis algae—intensified to a level that many marine animals could not survive. Of special concern was the impact on spawning female snook. If snook females full of eggs were dying, what would that mean for future generations? What did...
Mote Marine Laboratory installed its newest snook-monitoring antenna this month in the Phillippi Creek Levee Trail area of Sarasota County to track snook released into Phillippi Creek’s stormwater canal system, and in turn, inform county-level efforts to make the canals more fish-friendly. Phillippi...
A new peer reviewed study led by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists was the first to highlight the benefit of adding two probiotic strains of Bacillus bacteria during the rearing of common snook, a popular Florida sportfish. Groups of snook larvae (babies) that received the probiotic in their feed and...
Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Dr. Lee Fuiman as the new William R. and Lenore Mote Eminent Scholar Chair in Fisheries Ecology and Enhancement, an award from Florida State University (FSU) and Mote that will support Fuiman’s collaboration with Mote scientists studying sportfishes and...
Approximately 330 juvenile snook were released in Phillippi Creek at Riverview High School on December 7, 2018. The snook have been cared for by Riverview High School students in a unique partnership between Mote Marine Laboratory and the school, through the Stars to Starfish program. Here more about...
End-of-year updates (December 2018) Amid this year's announcement of a snook restocking initiative (original story below), Mote’s Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Program also continued its own snook studies that could help inform snook-release efforts expected to ramp up in 2019. This year,...
End-of-year update (December 2018) Preliminary results: Snook rapid assessment during 2018 red tide along Boca Grande When spawning snook perish from Florida red tide, other adult snook may re-occupy their spawning sites rapidly after conditions improve, according to Mote Marine Laboratory’s August...
The Sarasota Bay Fisheries Forum — a group for anglers, scientists and others seeking to proactively address fisheries management and science topics in the Sarasota Bay area — is gearing up for its February meeting. “This forum is the ideal opportunity for fishermen and women, local citizens...