The Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is one of Sarasota’s most popular attractions, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Mote Marine Laboratory is a non-profit marine research institution centered on City Island in Sarasota, Florida, with other sites in eastern Sarasota County, Boca Grande, and the Florida Keys. The Cape Haze Marine Laboratory was founded in 1955 by Eugenie Clark near Placida, Florida, and was recognized as such until 1967. The laboratory’s mission is to enhance marine science and education while also promoting marine resource conservation and sustainable usage. For the general public, the study is interpreted through a public aquarium and a related education program. The Cape Haze Marine Laboratory, founded by Eugenie Clark in 1955 near Placida, Florida, was renamed in 1967 in honor of the laboratory’s key supporters William R. Mote, his wife Lenore, and his sister, Betty Mote Rose. Sharks and other fish were the focus of early studies. It has been based in Sarasota, Florida, since 1960, and has been on City Island since 1978. The Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration on Summerland Key, a public display in Key West, a Boca Grande outreach office, and the Mote Aquaculture Research Park in eastern Sarasota County have all been added to the laboratory since 1978. The aquarium is the laboratory’s public outreach arm, featuring over 100 marine species on exhibit, with an emphasis on species and habitats investigated by staff scientists. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has recognized the aquarium, which accredits qualifying establishments based on a rigorous application and inspection process that includes animal care, conservation, science, facilities, and more. On City Island in Sarasota Bay, the aquarium debuted in 1980 with sharks, manatees, sea turtles, seahorses, rays, skates, and invertebrates like cuttlefish, octopuses, sea jellies, anemones, and corals. “Otters and Their Waters” and “The Teeth Beneath: The Wild World of Gators, Crocs, and Caimans,” feature animals found in the watershed (land that drains into the ocean and other water bodies), such as North American river otters, American alligators, and spectacled caimans, have been special exhibits. “Oh Baby! Life Cycles of the Seas,” a special exhibit that deals with marine courtship and reproduction, features the offspring of multiple species and their early-life survival challenges through an interactive game, a baby shark touch tank, and other features, dealing with marine courtship and reproduction and features the offspring of multiple species and their early-life survival challenges through an interactive game, a baby shark touch tank, and other features. The aquarium has interactive displays and views into operating laboratories to make science accessible to people of all ages.

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