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Mote's snook fishing tournament for science is right down the line.

Mote Marine Laboratory is now accepting entry applications for art representing Mote's 55 years of preserving our world's marine environment and advancing marine science for entry in a week-long exhibition on March 11-19, 2010.

If Floridians are going to withstand the rise in sea level that is expected to accompany climate change, planning needs to start now, according to a new policy assessment by the Marine Policy Institute at Mote Marine Laboratory.

"Vicki Lee," a loggerhead sea turtle tagged 21 years ago by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists that has been in rehabilitation at Mote will be released Friday wearing a satellite transmitter to track her ocean travels.

CORRECTION: Vicki Lee gained 65 pounds since arriving at Mote.

Cuban scientists on a rare U.S. trip will meet Mote researchers on Sept. 18 to talk about current and future team efforts to protect and study marine life near Cuba.

A robot that monitors for red tide has gone missing. Mote offers $500 for return of "Waldo."

Baby sea turtles are frequently becoming disoriented by artificial lights.

Female loggerhead sea turtles Padme and Ahsoka returned to Sarasota Bay waters after months of care at Mote.