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Mote, CWVC, and SNI divers on boat during coral restoration initiative.
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Mote Marine Laboratory, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, and SCUBAnauts International Join Forces for Coral Conservation

July 17, 2024 | Kathryn Gentile

Mote Marine Laboratory joined forces with Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International divers in late June to advance coral reef restoration in the Florida Keys. The combined teams embarked on a vital mission to expand and strengthen the coral nurseries so Mote can pursue broader...

Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge divers join Mote staff including President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby to plant corals on July 13, 2023, along Key West.
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On a mission: Mote and wounded veterans rebuild Key West coral reef

July 14, 2023 | Kaitlyn Fusco

On Thursday, July 13, Mote Marine Laboratory once again joined forces with members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) to plant corals and restore the Higgs Head coral reef in Key West. This event marks the eleventh year of a unique coral restoration partnership that enables combat wounded...

Staghorn coral, a species Mote is working to restore
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Mote Launches Transformative Coral Reef Restoration Project with a Nearly $7 Million NOAA grant

April 24, 2023 | Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce it was awarded nearly $7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a four-year, multi-faceted project focused on implementing a holistically transformative coral reef restoration initiative at 10 reef sites along Florida’s...

Mote scientists group shot at the 2022 Reef Futures conference
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Mote scientists present at Reef Futures conference on coral reef restoration

October 27, 2022 | Olivia Cameron

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium scientists participated in a conference consisting of a series of workshops that brought together over 600 coral restoration practitioners, researchers, students and resource managers from around the world to share the latest techniques, technologies and science...

Mote plans to consistently out plant coral over the coming weeks and months in the Upper Keys
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Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada

May 19, 2022 | mote

On April 28, Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada at Bud 'N Mary's Marina. These corals were initially fragmented on the evening of November 11, 2021 during a special celebration of the opening of Islamorada's first and only coral nursery.  The Stanczyk...

Coral fragments growing in a raceway. Mote is bringing a new land-based nursery to Key Largo
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Mote announces plans for new land-based coral nursery, the first of its kind in Key Largo

March 01, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium announced plans for future development to bring science-based coral reef restoration to Key Largo.  A new land-based nursery, the first in Key Largo, will be built on the grounds of the Reefhouse Resort & Marina, formerly known as Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach...

Mote President & CEO, Dr. Michael P. Crosby, addresses the Florida Delegation in D.C. on November 3, 2021
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Mote leader provides water quality briefing for Florida Delegation in D.C.

November 08, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

During a Congressional hearing of the Florida Delegation in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 3, 2021, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby was invited to provide his expert testimony regarding the urgent water quality-related challenges facing Florida’s marine...

Mote staff members discuss conservation efforts with Jeff Corwin host of Wildlife Nation
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Mote coral restoration featured in nationally syndicated show

October 22, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote's coral reef restoration and research efforts will be featured on the nationally syndicated show, Wildlife Nation, featuring host Jeff Corwin and presented by Defenders of Wildlife. The episode, "Crocs and Corals", features stories of two conservation efforts in Florida, and the race to save endangered...

Fragments of restored staghorn coral on a reef in the Florida Keys
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Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine

April 20, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine, on ABC’s Good Morning America The state of the world’s oceans and coral reefs, and how organizations like Mote are working to save them, takes center stage in advance of Earth Day Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s...

Coral fragments growing in Mote's land based nursery in the Florida Keys.
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Mote Marine Lab becomes member of International Coral Reef Initiative

March 16, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) brings together nations and organizations to preserve...

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