Tag: Mote Marine

Forensic skills aid Mote Marine research projects

December 15, 2023
Sheila Evans
News

The new season of Mote Marine Laboratory’s “Coffee With A Scientist” got off to a great start with scientist Dana Wetzel on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the Boca Grande Community Center. Wetzel shared...

Mote Marine’s ‘Coffee with a Scientist’ begins again in 2021

January 16, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

STAFF REPORT – Have a little science with your morning coffee on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. during a virtual event with Mote Marine Laboratory. Dr. Ryan Schloesser, Program Manager for Fisheries...

Mote Marine documents another first for corals in Florida

August 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

Colonies of coral have spawned in breakthrough restoration STAFF REPORT- For the first time in Florida or Caribbean waters, restored massive corals were observed spawning – part of sexual reproduction...

Mote Marine Laboratory ‘living docks’ thriving in Boca Grande Canals

May 29, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT- The “living dock” project continues in Boca Grande, and Mote Marine Laboratory has been working over the past few months to make sure this project is kept alive and thriving in Boca Grande...

Mote scientist discusses stranding investigations program with Community Center crowd

January 17, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Gretchen Lovewell, manager of Mote Marine’s stranding investigations program, gave a presentation on “Red Tide’s Toll on Marine Animals” to a packed room at the Boca Grande Community...

Coffee with a scientist, anyone?

January 4, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Grab your coffee mug and some biscotti and head down to the Mote Marine office in Boca Grande, 480 E. Railroad Ave., for some coffee with the always-lovable and ever-knowing Dr. Vince...

Red tide forum brings hundreds to Community Center

November 23, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – There was a long line wrapping around the auditorium on Friday afternoon at the Boca Grande Community Center, as hundreds of people concerned about Red Tide came to hear scientists...

RED TIDE FORUM

November 16, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Learn about Florida red tide blooms during a Boca Grande red tide forum featuring scientists, university professors and wildlife rehabilitators. The free public forum, co-hosted by Mote...

Mote Marine and Sarasota County agree on terms for new aquarium land

November 9, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News, Opinion

■ FROM MOTE MARINE LABORATORY The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved a significant step forward in establishing a new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) on approximately 12 acres...

CCA Florida and FWC partners to support Southwest Coast snook population following red tide event

The Coastal Conservation Association Florida (CCA Florida) is partnering with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Mote Marine Laboratory to address the loss to the snook...