aquaculture

Redfish grown at Mote Marine's inland aquaculture farm being released inshore

Tom Bayles

Several thousand redfish raised 17 miles inland are now swimming freely in Sarasota Bay.Those are the first of 20,000 redfish raised nowhere near a bay or inlet, but at Mote Marine’s Aquaculture Research Park, a 200-acre inland fish farm along Fruitville Road east of Interstate 75,

Loggerhead Turtle Track on Sanibel Island

Environmental Roundup May 28, 2021

Valerie Vande Panne

We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week in Florida and beyond.

Nonnative, invasive lionfish have infiltrated state waters and are negatively impacting Florida’s reefs and wildlife. These fish not only prey on native saltwater species, they also compete for food with economically important species such as grouper and snapper.

Environmental Roundup November 14, 2020

Valerie Vande Panne

Welcome to this week’s Environmental Roundup! Here are the environmental stories this week that caught our eye.

Environment

We Learn About Sea Purslane

Mike Kiniry

Mote Magazine from Mote Marine Laboratory boasts about Southwest Florida’s “sea-green delicacy” called sea purslane. Dr. Kevan Main, a senior scientist at…