State directs $2.2 million to Mote for red tide research
The state has granted nearly $2.2 million to Mote Marine Laboratory to expand testing and researching of red tide.
An announcement Monday at Mote Marine Laboratory brought experts from Mote, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Health together to discuss the investment.
expand testing and researching of red tide.
FWC Executive Director Eric Sutton said the money will allow for innovative research technologies to be tested in the field.
expand testing and researching of red tide.
“We’re building on that incredible productivity of research to now be able to launch an additional initiative that is going to focus on applied science and technology that is going to help us in fact attack red tide and decrease the impact that their harmful algal blooms have on our ecosystem, our quality of life and our economy,” Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby said.
expand testing and researching of red tide.
The state will direct $2,178,000 to Mote to test technologies, such as Mote’s ozone treatment system and clay field testing, to mitigate the effects of red tide, a release from the governor’s office said. expand testing and researching of red tide.