SRQ Magazine | May/June 2024: Giving Coast Donors' Giving Guide - Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

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SRQ Magazine | May/June 2024

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM WAS FOUNDED BY THE FAMOUS “SHARK LADY,” DR. EUGENIE CLARK, as a small, one-room laboratory in a southwest Florida town, and now includes more than 300 employees, including more than 40 Ph.D. scientists, and more than 25 diverse research programs focusing on the challenges facing our oceans today while addressing future impacts. We were founded on, and continue to thrive only because of, passion, partnership and philanthropy.

PASSION for science and marine conservation. PHILANTHROPY that began with Anne and William Vanderbilt, who built the one-room lab where Mote started and, later, that of William R. Mote who helped us grow and is today the institution’s namesake. PARTNERSHIP that began with that of a local shark fisherman and now extends around the world to local communities, commercial and recreational fisherfolk, private enterprise and entrepreneurs, and other nonprofits and academic research institutions.

Originally focused on sharks, Mote’s research efforts now include fisheries enhancement; harmful algal bloom mitigation; seagrass ecosystem restoration; advanced sustainable, land-based, recirculating marine aquaculture technologies to help feed the world; genetic finger printing research for shark conservation; and restoring stress-resistant and resilient corals to rebuild coral reefs around the world. The oceans support life as we know it, providing the food we eat, the recreation we enjoy, the very air we breathe. Mote is advancing research-based solutions to ensure our oceans can heal and thrive. Help us put leading-edge marine science and ocean conservation into action.

Our Mission

At Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, we are scientists, explorers and stewards of the ocean. We are an independent, nonprofit marine research institution comprising world-class marine scientists committed to the belief that the conservation and sustainable use of our oceans begins with research and education.

Through our working labs, various research programs, public Aquarium and outreach and educational programs, we work together to create a better environment for ourselves and our children.

The ocean is our passion. Science is our catalyst to help the ocean heal, thrive and continue to be a haven of sustainable life, life improving science and life-giving solutions.

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM | 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL, 34232. | 941-388-4441 | mote.org/give