Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development Initiative
A Mote-FWC partnership to develop prevention, control and mitigation technologies and approaches that will decrease red tide impacts
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
Sarasota, FL 34236
Ph: (941) 388-4441
Hours: 10AM - 5PM
A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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While worldwide production from capture fisheries peaked in the mid '90s and has remained relatively stable since then, the threats to fisheries from climate change, population growth, and pollution are steadily growing. Contemporary fisheries management requires continual innovation and adaptation to respond to these threats. After more than a century of development, stock enhancement, sea ranching and restocking (aquaculture-based enhancement), as well as habitat rehabilitation and restoration, have transitioned into tools commonly used to manage exploited or threatened populations of marine, estuarine and freshwater species. Clearly, the measures employed must be responsible, effective, opportune, socially acceptable, and economically and ecologically sustainable over the long term.
From Nov. 10-14, 2019, the 10th FSU-Mote International Symposium on Fisheries Ecology and the 6th International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching joined forces to hold a combined symposium in Sarasota, Florida, to explore the scientific basis and practice of aquaculture-based and habitat-based fisheries enhancement, and identify where these approaches can be improved and integrated to create new opportunities for resource management.
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Learn more about The William R. and Lenore Mote Endowment and the FSU-Mote International Symposium.
Learn more about International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching
Throughout the month of March, Mote Aquarium experiences high daily visitation volume with many timed ticketed entry slots selling out. Guests are highly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance in order to guarantee entry.
Mote Aquarium is open seven days a week at our normal hours, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. We hope to SEA you soon!