Tag: Mote Marine

Red tide: What Mote is doing now

■ BY HALEY RUTGER, MOTE MARINE LABORATORY From October 2017 through July 2018, Mote and its partners have monitored extensively for Florida red tide designed to augment public information on the status...

Celebrate five years on the island with Mote Marine

January 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Mote Marine is hosting a five-year anniversary open house event to celebrate its efforts of outreach and marine education in Boca Grande. Everyone is invited to the event on Tuesday,...

Mote hosts first World Oceans Day on the island

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Dozens of people stopped by the Mote Marine Laboratory’s Boca Grande office on Saturday, June 11 for the first-of-its-kind World Oceans Day celebration. Numerous educational exhibits...

100 trillion friends you didn’t know you had

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN A common word that often comes to mind when many people think about bacteria is “gross.” Mote Marine postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Andrea Tarnecki tried to break that bad reputation...

Ocean CREST Alliance hosts conservation fundraiser on Palm Island

February 12, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Dr. Sylvia Earle got a standing ovation from guests at the fundraiser. Photo by Sue BY SUE ERWIN – Ocean CREST Alliance teamed up with Palm Island Resort last Friday, Feb. 5 to hold a fundraiser...

Have coffee with a scientist, courtesy of Mote

To the Editor: On February 17, Mote’s Boca Grande office will host “Coffee with a Scientist,” featuring Dr. Jim Locascio, staff scientist in Mote Marine Laboratory’s Fisheries Habitat Ecology program....

Mote boat ‘Thunders’ into Boca Grande

May 1, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – There’s a new Mote boat in town, and it’s a gorgeous 46-footer. Built by George Luzier, a classic boatbuilder from Sarasota, the boat will be employed to further Mote Marine research...