ANNUAL REPORT 2020 MOTE’S MISSION

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences leading to new discoveries, revitalization, sustainability and greater public understanding of our oceans through innovative research, education and outreach.

Mote’s 2020 Annual Report presents accomplishments and finances for the 2020 fiscal year, from Oct. 1, 2019 – Sept. 30, 2020.

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN

hat a year! The beginning of 2020 feels like a cause, this renovation is more functional, and provides I was really proud to host that groundbreaking in Persisting through the troubles of the year, my fellow W lifetime ago, but for Mote Trustees, it was thrilling striking new additions to the Aquarium. While the nearly November and to put my shovel in the dirt alongside trustees and I have come to truly understand that to commence the first year of Mote’s brand-new Board- three-month closure caused major losses in revenues, no federal, state and local government officials, Mote Mote’s collective passion for the ocean is boundless, is endorsed Beyond 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan. What Mote staff were furloughed or laid off during that time— Trustees, our visionary donor champions, and driven by unwavering scientists, Aquarium biologists followed were challenges that sought to disrupt these validation of the caring family culture at Mote. many community and corporate partners! Once and educators, and that our supporters are surely best-laid plans and goals, and our new strategic priority complete, Mote SEA will proudly welcome nearly unparalleled. We are a unique, expanded family of to add infrastructure. However, with skilled leadership We not only persevered during the past year’s 700,000 visitors a year, serving as a major tourism people who appreciate the rare, inclusive culture we and steadfast support of our Mote family—Trustees, challenges; we achieved significant advances. Notably, and economic driver for the region. It will surely share, each lending his own contribution towards staff, donors, members, volunteers and partners—we Mote was honored to establish a partnership with the inspire the next generation of marine scientists and Mote’s success. As evidenced in these pages, it works actually ended the year much stronger. famed Bud N Mary’s Marina in Islamorada to bring ocean enthusiasts with its three state-of-the-art STEM beautifully, and I could not be a prouder Chairman! the first science-based coral nursery for restoration teaching labs for 70,000 K-12 students from Sarasota To address pandemic challenges, much like many to this community in the Upper Keys. The new and county schools—at no cost to the districts others, Mote embraced technology to conduct business, nursery is designed to complement our land-based or the children. What fun! but we also adopted technology to bring the oceans nursery at Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International to our communities. We used enhanced online Center for Coral Research & Restoration During no other year in our history have we education programming, live virtual experiences, on Summerland Key in the Lower Florida Keys. synchronized our various efforts and evolved, refined Dr. Howard Seider and online conferencing to connect individuals Philanthropy was the cornerstone (once again) for or expanded so much of our infrastructure in such Chairman, Mote Marine Laboratory and group audiences with our science. During the this significant expansion—an important milestone a short time. We broadened our reach for research Board of Trustees temporary closure of Mote Aquarium for public safety, in Mote’s science-based efforts to restore our rapidly operations, adapted and improved education and we transformed our campuses with upgrades to our declining reef. outreach programming, transformed the Aquarium already-stringent health and safety standards in order and facilities at Mote Aquaculture Research Park, to meet and exceed unprecedented CDC demands, while In July, I had the genuine honor of presiding over a acknowledged unbelievable amounts of support and simultaneously positioning and strengthening Mote for press conference to reveal exciting updates on Mote philanthropy, and celebrated great progress with Mote future crisis response. Aquarium admissions protocols Aquarium’s relocation and rebirth as Mote’s new SEA, now well on its way to construction. We proudly were revised in preparation for re-opening, and portions Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) at Nathan ended 2020 with a stronger foundation than ever of the interior ticketing area were relocated outdoors Benderson Park in Sarasota County. We shared before. Thanks to the collective efforts of an incredible to support social distancing. This then allowed for the remastered site and building renderings, announced Mote family, we will count 2020 as a momentous step construction of new entry and exit galleries that highlight commitments of approximately $75 million towards forward for Mote in its deliberate pursuit of our Mote’s history, vision for the future, and our present our Oceans for All campaign to create Mote SEA, and Beyond 2020 Vision. research locations around the globe. Regardless of the promised to break ground for the site work in the fall.

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he highest priority for us all during the last year, and stretches downward roughly 425 feet. The Gulf single collections of living coral genetic diversity—over free of charge, to 70,000 K-12 students in STEM classes T as we faced a global pandemic together, was for our has many blue holes, which might play a notable, 1,600 coral genotypes from 17 species of Florida coral, from around our region each year. We are excited community to support each other and protect public previously undocumented role in the Gulf’s carbon with more to come. Mote innovation, largely fueled for the many ways that Mote SEA will transform our health. Our entire Mote family of nearly 240 staff, 1,400 budget and other dynamics. A deep dive in September by philanthropy, has demonstrated that we now have region, broaden Mote’s ability to enhance the level of volunteers and 9,000 members sincerely thanks the by Mote scientists to explore and document Green the science, not just the hope, for quickly restoring ocean literacy throughout society, and employ science frontline responders to this pandemic for their vital, Banana’s unique biology, chemistry and structure was coral populations to a sexually mature, potentially for restoration, conservation and sustainable use of tireless efforts. a popular feature of many national and international self-sustaining state, and fundamentally changing the marine and coastal ecosystems. news outlets. paradigm for coral restoration. While much of the world came to a halt last year, the This year, the world was indeed carried into uncharted strong support of so many did not allow COVID-19 We achieved incredible new progress through To further Mote’s leadership in the development and stormy waters by a pandemic that challenged to stop Mote’s progress in advancing important the Florida Red Mitigation & Technology and implementation of innovative research, science us all, in ways few could have expected. Fortunately, ocean conservation initiatives. Mote has some of the Development Initiative, which is led by Mote in education, and public outreach partnerships to address the innovative culture and strategic visioning of best and brightest minds in marine research, ocean partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife the grand challenges facing our oceans, we launched a Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium positions us conservation and STEM education, and we continue to Conservation Commission. Charged with uniting the strategic expansion of advanced technology research to do some of our best work in uncharted waters—a push the frontiers of science each and every day. best and brightest scientists from around the world and education infrastructure in 2020. At our Mote strength that has defined us throughout our 66-year and catalyzing game-changing efforts to reduce Florida Aquaculture Research Park (MAP) in Sarasota County, history. I am honored and humbled to be part of this For example: In 2020, Mote’s Fisheries Ecology & red tide impacts, the Initiative supported 15 partner we took the decisive and proactive steps to construct an incredible enterprise, and I am extremely grateful for Enhancement Research Program completed tagging institutions and more than 20 projects. International Coral Gene Bank. This infrastructure will the dedication, fortitude and passionate support of our of juvenile snook and maintenance of the antenna serve as a “Noah’s Ark” for coral, housing one of the diverse Mote family. If that does not already include array to detect them among four creeks in Sarasota and Mote scientists became the first to document that widest arrays of coral genetic diversity on the planet. you, I invite you to join us in our undertaking— Charlotte counties, and then we released nearly 10,000 fragments of typically slow-growing, reef-building In addition, we are now close to cutting the ribbon Oceans for All! of these healthy, juvenile, hatchery-reared snook—the corals restored with Mote-pioneered technology reached on a newly constructed Florida Red Tide Mitigation largest experimental stock enhancement effort at Mote sexual maturity and spawned in their natural settings in & Technology Development Culture Laboratory & since 1999. just five years instead of decades. These restored coral Exposure Facility, also housed at MAP. colonies had also survived a coral bleaching event, a The world’s fascination again turned to Mote with Category 4 hurricane, and the deadly stony coral tissue We also broke ground on Mote’s new Science Education our scientific exploration of “Green Banana”—one loss disease, which has killed millions of corals. The Aquarium (Mote SEA) at Nathan Benderson Park. Mote Dr. Michael P. Crosby, of the blue holes (underwater caves, springs and corals’ resilience underscores the critical importance of SEA will house more than 100,000 square feet and a President & CEO sinkholes) stretching deep into the Gulf of Mexico. Mote’s science-based strategy for resilient reef recovery, million gallons of marine habitat, and its three state-of- Green Banana opens 155 feet below the Gulf surface which includes amassing one of of the world’s largest the-art STEM education teaching labs will be provided,

4 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 5 IN THE SPOTLIGHT: OUR RESILIENCE

COVID-19 STOPPED NEARLY EVERYTHING Above: Allison Baird uses a hand-washing and sanitizing station at Mote. Mote Aquarium safely reopened to the public in June 2020, after nearly three months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic—a time when Mote significantly upgraded its already stringent health-safety measures.

The list goes on. In each of these efforts, and many more, the Mote family adapted, pressed forward and succeeded …BUT THANKS TO YOUR HELP, OUR MISSION REMAINS UNSTOPPABLE. this year, thanks to an incredible team of Mote staff, Trustees, volunteers, interns, donors and members.

coral disease outbreak threatening this fragile hen the coronavirus pandemic struck the world in This annual report, which spans Oct. 1, 2019, through “rainforest of the sea.” W early 2020, it stopped nearly everything: Travel. Sept. 30, 2020, describes how the Mote family coped The school year. Our favorite sports. Even our economy. • Leading conservation efforts for thousands of sea with COVID-19—scientists worked from home during turtle nests on Florida’s shores. lockdown and social-distanced in the field; Mote What it couldn’t stop was the mission of Mote Marine Aquarium closed its doors and transformed for a • Producing a wellspring of new data to sustain Laboratory & Aquarium—where scientists are fighting healthy reopening; educators and communicators took fisheries and protect vulnerable sharks and rays. Above: Mote’s mission continued despite the pandemic. Top to for the ocean’s future and our own. their virtual programming to new levels; and animal bottom: Mote’s animal hospital team, Dana Henderson of Mote’s • Providing daily care for nearly 400 animal species caregivers took new precautions and continued their Education Department, and Amanda Hodo of Mote Aquarium

Mote’s caring team could not stop: in Mote Aquarium. life-saving efforts.

• Rescuing and rehabilitating marine animals that • Educating people of all ages in our community and But more importantly, this report demonstrates that— would have perished without our help. around the world—even if we had to do it re-Mote-ly. KEEP READING TO LEARN WHAT MOTE with passion, partnership and philanthropy powering ACHIEVED THIS YEAR DESPITE COVID-19. • Growing hundreds of thousands of live corals to • Opening doors into marine science for our efforts—the pandemic didn’t define our year; restore Florida’s and investigating a underrepresented, minority students. Mote’s mission did.

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Above: Governor DeSantis signs the Initiative into law in 2019. Above: Mote scientists pioneer new technology to study red tide.

Charitable Foundation and Charles & Margery (PHYSS) not only detects red tide but also is being Barancik Foundation—had already begun screening upgraded to provide more data on environmental more than 100 compounds in the scientific literature. conditions and other species of algae that may influence red tide. This year, Initiative funding allowed Mote and partners to test promising compounds more extensively, including seaweeds that naturally produce KEEP UP WITH OUR BEST algae-killing compounds, new formulations of clay AND BRIGHTEST that can remove K. brevis and its toxins from the water, Visit redtidemtdi.org for Initiative progress and quaternary ammonium compounds (QUATS) summaries, updates and meeting minutes from the that reduced K. brevis cells and toxins in preliminary Initiative’s Technology Advisory Council. The Council experiments. The Initiative also allowed testing of new is chaired by Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. TURNING THE (RED) TIDE WITH A GAME-CHANGING INITIATIVE mitigation technologies such as ultraviolet light and Crosby and comprises members appointed by FWC, the nanobubbles designed to physically affect red tide. Florida Department of Environmental Protection and s Gulf of Mexico communities recovered from Initiative to implement the development of red tide Initiative projects are also exploring unique and the president of the Florida Senate and the speaker of A the Florida red tide bloom of 2017-19—and its mitigation technologies that are both effective and exciting options, such as utilizing spent grain from beer the Florida House of Representatives. devastating impacts on our environment, economy ecologically sound, along with novel systems that breweries and removing and composting fish killed by and quality of life—Mote Marine Laboratory ramped support emergency response and implementation red tide to take this natural nutrient source away from As this annual report went to press, Initiative partners up a new, unprecedented effort to fight the impacts of of bloom-control strategies to protect public and K. brevis and potentially repurpose it in fertilizer. were working closely with Mote scientists and leveraging Florida red tide with science. environmental health. Mote’s laboratory facilities, and Mote had nearly finished Also thanks to Initiative support, Mote and partners are creating a new, cutting-edge red tide mitigation and The Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology To date, the Initiative has supported more than developing better technologies to detect K. brevis and its technology development testing facility at the 200-acre Development Initiative—led by Mote in partnership 20 projects by Mote and numerous partners from toxins. For instance, Mote is taking early steps toward Mote Aquaculture Research Park in Sarasota County. with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 15 institutions, advancing promising mitigation developing a biosensor that will detect red tide toxins Commission (FWC)—began uniting the best and technologies along a three-tiered testing and rapidly in commercially important shellfish brightest scientists focused on reducing Florida red deployment approach Mote developed. and seawater, to give shellfish farmers and industry tide impacts when the Initiative was signed into law by regulators timelier updates on when shellfish harvest TURN TO OUR “LOOKING AHEAD” SECTION ON PAGE 22 TO LEARN Governor Ron DeSantis (379.2273 Florida Statutes) in Before the Initiative was in full swing, Mote’s existing areas should or shouldn’t close to protect consumers. MORE ABOUT MOTE’S NEW, RED TIDE June 2019. The Florida Legislature made a significant research programs—including its Red Tide Institute Successful technologies will improve further. RESEARCH FACILITY. commitment of $18 million over six years for the supported by the Andrew and Judith Economos Mote’s Programmable Hyperspectral Seawater Scanner

8 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 9 BLUE-GREEN ALGAE PHOTO BY: KRISTIAN PETERS IMPACTS: 2020 HIGHLIGHTS 15 PARTNERS $1 MILLION in competitive grants secured this year Institutions and businesses that have joined Mote and FWC in the to improve fisheries data with electronic monitoring. TO READ THE STORIES BEHIND THESE STATS, SCAN FLORIDA RED TIDE MITIGATION & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. MOTE IS... THE QR CODES OR GO ONLINE TO: MOTE.ORG/2020AR USE OF AN UNDERWATER CAMERA FIRST in fisheries electronic monitoring. +20 PROJECTS TURNING DATA TO VALUE supported by the 29 DAYS RED TIDE INITIATIVE. FOR FISHERIES 100,000 One of the longest ocean- MOTE IS... FISHERIES ELECTRONIC MONITORING RECORDS sensing MISSIONS COMPLETED MILES 200 9.7 SURVEYS combined from cameras and sensors on commercial BY MOTE’S ROBOTIC GLIDERS, How far airborne Florida FIGHTING RED TIDE with AUDIO RECORDINGS for a better snapper-grouper vessels in the Gulf. achieved by “Dora” in 2020. red tide toxins can travel L STORY picture of goliath grouper abundance inland from shore — a new 20 UL IMPACTS WITH SCIENCE F “GROUPER GUARD” R and behavior. TH NUTRIENT SOURCE Mote finding. POSTERS PRESENTED O F Mote scientists are 13 for Florida red tide was (or co-presented) N 2,500 A

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Above: A Mote scientist checks a coral for signs of spawning. Above: Mote-planted corals spawn on the reef.

Colonies of branching staghorn coral (Acropora in more than 30 scientific efforts to support resilient, cervicornis), outplanted by Mote in 2016, 2017 and 2018 efficient, lasting coral restoration. at Eastern Dry Rocks off , also reached sexual maturity on the reef this year. Survey results indicate that they also produced and released their gametes. BANKING ON A BRIGHT FUTURE Their success demonstrates that staghorn corals can Mote currently maintains a collection of over 1,600 reach this critical milestone within as little as two verified coral genotypes from 17 species, with plans years, an observation cited only once before. These to add about 3,600 more genotypes from three species corals survived Hurricane Irma and other stressors, over the next two years. and now they’re thriving. CORAL RESTORATION: BREAKTHROUGHS & BABIES When this annual report went to press, Mote had just completed construction of its new International Coral RESTORATION WORTHY OF Gene Bank—a “Noah’s Ark” to protect living corals n August 2020, years of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Florida’s Coral Reef—an ecological and economic treasure CELEBRATION and their genetic diversity for future restoration and I coral research and restoration coalesced into one estimated to be worth $8.5 billion—has lost all but 2% of This year Mote scientists restored their 100,000th research. This state-of-the-art, secure, Category 5 special moment: Mote-restored mountainous star corals its living coral cover amid growing such as coral to Florida’s Coral Reef, a critical milestone in our hurricane-resistant facility is located inland at Mote on the reef released what looked like a burst of pearls. climate change, pollution, and diseases, particularly the restoration efforts since 2008, which have spanned Aquaculture Research Park in eastern Sarasota County, Those “pearls” were something far more valuable: devastating stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). approximately 100 acres. Most important: Mote is using Florida, and is designed to store dozens of genotypes bundles of eggs and sperm ready to combine in the water science to ensure that our restored corals have the best from at least 30 coral species in triplicate. Mote’s gene and turn restored corals into reef-sustaining parents. possible chances to survive and reproduce on the reef. bank vision began with a focus on corals endemic to MOTE’S SPAWNING SUCCESS Florida and U.S. jurisdictions of the Caribbean, and it is This was the first time, anywhere, that massive At least 10 colonies of Mote-restored mountainous At Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for expanding to include others from around the globe. (mounding) corals were observed spawning after star coral (Orbicella faveolata) released their gametes Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key, being restored to the reef. Spawning is part of sexual (sperm and eggs) on the reef in August 2020. Mote Florida, Mote scientists work to identify, selectively reproduction needed to produce the next generation originally planted these corals in 2015 at Cook Island in breed, grow and restore genetically diverse, native of coral offspring. It was one of many spectacular the Florida Keys. Since then, the corals have shown great coral genotypes (genetic varieties) with resilience TURN TO OUR “LOOKING AHEAD” SECTION ON PAGE 22 TO LEARN successes this year in Mote’s scientific restoration resilience—surviving a global coral bleaching event in to environmental stress including warming MORE ABOUT MOTE’S INTERNATIONAL efforts focused on saving Florida’s Coral Reef from 2015, Hurricane Irma in 2017, and the 2019 outbreak at , ocean acidification and disease. CORAL GENE BANK. functional extinction. this site of SCTLD, which kills over 90% of infected corals. Altogether, Mote scientists are leading or partnering

12 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 13 NUMBER OF YEARS THAT MOTE SCIENTISTS HAVE OBSERVED FOUR OF THE 1,600 “NOAH’S ARK” FOR CORALS Nickname for MOTE’S IMPACTS: 2020 HIGHLIGHTS 342 INDIVIDUAL MANATEES encountered in their photo-ID surveys this year. 37 GENOTYPES, NEW, INTERNATIONAL CORAL GENE BANK designed to preserve LARGEST TO READ THE STORIES BEHIND THESE STATS, SCAN MANATEES COUNTED in Sarasota County BY MOTE’S AERIAL SURVEY on June coral species and genetic diversity for future peer-reviewed, multi-year, THE QR CODES OR GO ONLINE TO: MOTE.ORG/2020AR 185 24, 2020. This is the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WITH A LOCAL RECORD COUNT. SPECIES research, propagation and restoration. epidemiological STUDY ON STONY 17 CORAL TISSUE-LOSS DISEASE on OF NATIVE CORAL Florida’s Coral Reef led by Mote. A MOTHER MANATEE & CALF MAINTAINED MOTE IS... 888-345-2335 The new PHONE SAVED THROUGH A TEAM* RESCUE EFFORT ON MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND. Pregnant rescued BY MOTE for FIRST NUMBER FOR MOTE’S 24-HOUR, MARINE ANIMAL manatee gave birth during rehabilitation. RESCUERS AND CAREGIVERS RELEASED MOM research and BRINGING CORALS BACK DISCOVERY OF SIMILAR 50X FASTER RESCUE AND RECOVERY HOTLINE covering Sarasota AND CALF TOGETHER near Mote’s Sarasota campus. RESCUERS: FWC, MOTE, SARASOTA POLICE DEPT. restoration as “BACTERIAL SIGNATURES” Growth in slow-growing coral and Manatee counties in Florida. CAREGIVERS: SEAWORLD ORLANDO. of 2020. In two years, FROM THE BRINK in corals with stony coral species achieved by Mote using Mote aims to ADD tissue loss disease and “MICROFRAGMENTATION AND FUSION” 50 YEARS nearby water/sediments method in our coral nursery. 546 CALLS ANSWERED BY MOTE’S of dolphin science by the Sarasota Dolphin ABOUT 3,600 HOTLINE, including an influx of calls about boat- MORE GENO- in a study co-authored Research Program celebrated this year. The R FULL ST MOTE IS... 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SECOND HIGHEST LOCAL COUNT FOR GREEN SEA TURTLES IN 39 YEARS). nanoplastics that Mote scientists plan to study in a NEW INITIATIVE EXAMINING HOW TACKLING A HUGE 1,400 HATCHLINGS NESTING SEA TURTLES THE SMALLEST PLASTIC POLLUTION (NANO- 348 CONSERV ATION & AND MICROPLASTICS) MIGHT AFFECT MARINE Number of baby sea turtles TREATED AND ID-TAGGED by Mote scientists PROBLEM: TINY RELEASED BY MOTE’S HATCHLING HOSPITAL on Casey Key, Florida in ANIMALS and how to address this challenge. during the 2020 nesting season. summer 2020. MESO ANT PLASTICS 39 YEARS MICRO DUST MITE NEARLY 1,500 SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS FROM 112 NESTS OF SEA TURTLE DATA NANO BACTERIA WERE GENETICALLY SAMPLED by Mote scientists to investigate HOW MANY produced by Mote are VIRUS DIFFERENT DAD AND MOM TURTLES BREED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. being mined for trends DNA and insights relevant to ~70-90% OF U.S. WATERWAYS CONTAIN PLASTIC PARTICLES, much from YEARS OLD ESTIMATED AGE OF conservation. SUSTA INABLE USE wastewater treatment. That’s why Mote’s nano- and microplastics 60 STUDY TURTLE “SALTY,” recognized by Mote since 1988. FIRST research initiative will also STUDY HOW NANOPLASTICS ARE EXAMINING HOW A “GEOTUBE” AFFECTS She and two other loggerheads were tracked to GENERATED AND HOW BEST TO REMOVE THEM. SEA TURTLE NESTING along the Gulf of Mexico. N FOR FU the same feeding grounds they visited a decade CA LL LL ST S S A geotube is a beach armoring structure. FU OR T ago in an FWC and Mote study. She’s one of 172 OR Y O STUDY LED BY MOTE AND FAU SCIENTISTS. F R turtles Mote has satellite tagged. N Y EXXPEDITION A MOTE IS... C S Name of the all-female HOT MAMAS, COOL DADDIES TACKLING organization that SAMPLED OCEAN ~70 Higher- sea turtle nests produce POSSIBLE NEW SPECIES GYRES AROUND THE WORLD FOR GREAT WHITE SHARKS more females. Mote and FAU are taking nests’ of manta ray, plus a better picture of MOTE TO ANALYZE PLASTICS AND THE TAGGED AS OF 2020 temperatures to check for changes as our devil rays to support conservation, in BIG QUESTIONS BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS thanks to five years of study co-authored by Mote. THEY CAN CARRY. Gyres are ocean climate warms. MOTE IS... FT., IN. expeditions by Mote, 17 2 JOINING FORCES circulation areas that support and Length of “Nukumi,” THE OCEARCH and partners. distribute delicate marine life. LARGEST GREAT WHITE +80 RESEARCHERS 200 MILES 299 SHARKS OF 11 ACHIEVING FIN-TASTIC FROM +13 COUNTRIES CONVENE The distance some acoustic- SPECIES DOCUMENTED THIS YEAR— SHARK TAGGED BY TEAM FIRST INCLUDING MOTE, AT MOTE FOR SYMPOSIUM on fish tagged, spotted EAGLE RAYS Mote continues shark studies FIRSTS WITH SHARKS, ecology and enhancement. TRAVELED TO AVOID RED TIDE STUDY OF SPOTTED EAGLE that founder Dr. OCEARCH, in the North RAY DIVING BEHAVIOR co- in their Sarasota Bay and began in the . Atlantic. Estimated : authored by Mote to inform RAYS, FISHERIES +3,500 pounds. Charlotte Harbor habitats. FIRST 165 MARINE ANIMALS conservation. FIRST STUDY TO IDENTIFY LIONFISH PREY BY DNA ALONG MAJOR STUDY OF WHERE TAGGED & MONITORED since 2016 by FIRST ZERO 10,000 SNOOK FLORIDA co-authored by Mote scientists to SPOTTED EAGLE RAYS MIGRATE SARASOTA COAST ACOUSTIC NETWORK (SCAN). ULTRASOUNDS OF WHITE SHARK REEF SHARKS DOCUMENTED AT 20% OF RELEASED BY MOTE this year for fisheries inform response to this invasive species. ALONG FLORIDA’S COASTS. MAINTAINED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, SARASOTA DOLPHIN SITES IN GLOBAL SURVEY—study co-authored by enhancement science, including one group of 7,975— STUDY BY MOTE AND FAU RESEARCH PROGRAM, , FLORIDA HEARTBEATS in the Northwest ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY (FAU) AND LOGGERHEAD INSTRUMENTS Atlantic—likely the first anywhere. Mote scientists in prestigious journal Nature THE LARGEST NUMBER MOTE HAS EVER PRODUCED FOR A 53 ACRES Total size of Sarasota’s bayfront park, The Bay, where TEAM EFFORT INCLUDING MOTE, OCEARCH geared toward reef-shark recovery. SINGLE RELEASE EXPERIMENT in more than 20 years. COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE RELYING ON MOTE TO MONITOR THE OUTCOMES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS. 14 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 15 TO READ THE EXPANDED VERSION OF THIS STORY, SCAN IMPACTS: TRANSLATE & TRANSFER SCIENCE THIS QR CODE OR GO ONLINE TO: MOTE.ORG/2020AR For example, MarSci-LACE Intern Giandria Green studied phytoplankton, microscopic marine algae that include Florida red tide algae. She had never participated in an internship before and felt that her first months at Mote were difficult, but with the support of her mentor and other lab members, she became comfortable here. By the end of her summer 2020 internship, she asked to extend it, and Mote staff were grateful to support her stay in MarSci-LACE through fall 2020. Then her interest in marine science blossomed. She switched her major from Computer Science to Biotechnology with a special interest in the cell culture process she learned at Mote. Above: MarSci-LACE intern Giandria Green was hired by Mote. As a result of her internship, Green was hired by Mote’s To address these challenges, the MarSci-LACE team Phytoplankton Ecology Program! assembled a curriculum and mentor-education program designed to help the incoming interns excel in experiential science based on Mote’s model of Research MENTORING THE MENTORS Experiences for Undergraduates. The first MarSci-LACE Mentor training has also been a powerful facet of internship curriculum was informed by peer-reviewed MarSci-LACE. More than 40 Mote staff members and one literature, the experiences of Mote staff, and interviews PIMS staff member have attended mentor development with 47 underrepresented minority scientists. workshops so far, and many Mote staff remain active Literature and discussions emphasized that a strong in the program’s Mentor Alliance. Trainings helped science identity—seeing yourself as a “science person”— mentors select, set expectations for and engage with their is critical for retaining students in STEM fields. students while honoring diverse communication styles THE FUTURE OF MARINE SCIENCE IS DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE and avoiding bias. The mentors taught students research A subset of MarSci-LACE interns were surveyed on this skills along with career skills essential for success in ifteen bright interns moved closer to fulfilling science seven LSAMP Center of Excellence awards in the U.S. very topic. Surveys showed that these undergraduates science and academia. Other staff trained to be allies, F careers, and over 40 mentors and allies sharpened It is co-funded by the NSF Inclusion across the Nation identified as “science people” much more strongly recognizing their own privelege and supporting others their skills, thanks to an innovative program led by Mote of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented after their MarSci-LACE internships, and 100% of them who have less. According to surveys, about two-thirds Marine Laboratory that works to open doors into marine Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF reported positive, comfortable and transformative of participants gained significantly more confidence in science for underrepresented minority students. INCLUDES) initiative. Partners include The College experiences, with an increased sense of belonging and their mentor or ally skills. of the Florida Keys (CFK), State College of Florida, confidence in doing science. The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Manatee-Sarasota (SCF), Smithsonian Marine Science (LSAMP): Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Station, and Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS). MarSci-LACE staff are now investigating what went well WE WANT TO REPLICATE THIS. Excellence (MarSci-LACE) succeeded in its first year— or needs improvement and how other institutions can In year two of three, Mote and its MarSci-LACE engaging a stellar group of students and mentors while replicate this year’s success. For starters, the interns partners at Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce collecting and analyzing data to help reduce barriers THESE STUDENTS BELONG IN SCIENCE participated in an Intern Alliance to discuss challenges and the PIMS will address a crucial question: Can the between underrepresented minority communities and Many scientific fields—particularly marine disciplines and build a community of allies, they joined professional first year of success be reproduced elsewhere? In the marine science disciplines that need their insights. requiring bachelor’s degrees—have low diversity along development sessions, and above all, meantime, Mote staff are evaluating their multiple racial, ethnic, gender and cultural lines, so they’re missing they did amazing science! data streams, expanding on successful programming MarSci-LACE was founded in 2019 through a three- vital perspectives. Many minority scientists struggle to and planning out innovative strategies to share best NOTE: This section includes some updates from early 2021 (after year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to Mote, feel at home in the culture of science, which offer few role Mote’s annual report period), to highlight the incredible practices with other independent marine research the only non-academic institution to receive one of models of similar backgrounds. outcomes of MarSci-LACE efforts undertaken in 2019–2020. institutions and LSAMP institutions around the U.S.

16 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 17 IMPACTS: 2020 HIGHLIGHTS NEARLY BRIEFINGS SUPER BOWL LIV 40 MOTE IS... PINNACLE HALL OF FAME AWARD FOR LOCAL TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Mote staff presented their TO READ THE STORIES BEHIND THESE STATS, SCAN BESTOWED ON MOTE SEA TREK DIGITAL LEARNING PROGRAM by the TRAVELING CORAL EXHIBIT, THE QR CODES OR GO ONLINE TO: MOTE.ORG/2020AR DECISION MAKERS and 17 PUBLIC FORUMS Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. The award celebrates on marine science-related topics this year. “SANCTUARY REEF,” at Super Bowl CHAMPIONING EDUCATION, content providers that have been recognized for for quality LIV in Miami. They were included in a programming for more than 10 years segment on The Weather Channel DIVERSITY IN . NEARLY 3 MONTHS that weekend. 57 INFORMAL HOW LONG MOTE AQUARIUM CLOSED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS* NEARLY 200 DUE TO COVID-19. The closure, and reduced visitor capacity later, MOTE IS... MISSION led to almost 50% fewer visitors than in typical years, along with INCLUDING ALL-NEW VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, UNDERGRADUATE UNSTOPPABLE are offered by Mote’s Education Department 20% fewer memberships and 16% fewer education program GIVING THE 26,974 INTERNS participants than last year. With the resulting revenue losses, CBS program highlighting women in EDUCATION PROGRAM — four more than last year. STEM for children and teen viewers. WERE HOSTED BY MOTE philanthropic donors and continuing members are more critical OCEANS A PARTICIPANTS this year, including 10 in the Mote scientists were featured in ORY than ever to supporting research at Mote, an independent nonprofit. SERVED ST LL National Science Foundation- this program on CBS U AN F 31% SC FOR VOICE F R supported Research Experiences U stations across O OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS L F L for Undergraduates program. Mote thanked members S the country. N UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES,

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Y FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY BACKGROUNDS AND OF STEM DEGREES AND 12% OF Aquarium closure by EXTENDING +40 MENTORS AND ALLIES SUCCEEDED IN YEAR ONE of a MARINE STEM DEGREES. THEIR MEMBERSHIPS three months. 850MILLION VIEWS Mote-led program that opens doors into marine science for Estimated reach of 242 NEWS STORIES ON underrepresented minorities—LSAMP MarSci-LACE (Louis MOTE’S PIONEERING EXPEDITIONS TO STUDY Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Marine Science SPOTLESS & SAFE REOPENING MYSTERIOUS BLUE HOLES in the Gulf of Mexico. With the Aquarium closed, Mote 100% Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence). AN FOR staff immediately transformed its SC FU OF SURVEYED MARSCI-LACE LL S campus and operations to heighten T INTERNS REPORTED 1 MARSCI-LACE INTERN O R AN INCREASED SENSE OF WAS HIRED BY MOTE their already stringent health-safety measures. Y to help with red tide- That included: a full redesign of Mote’s lobby; BELONGING AND CONFIDENCE related projects. new outdoor ticketing windows; streamlined IN DOING SCIENCE after completing RDS TRANS LATE & OF MARSCI-LACE MENTORS online ticket sales; new social distancing their internship at Mote. 2/3 measures; enhanced sanitation and air AND ALLIES SAID THEY GAINED CONFIDENCE IN SUPPORTING flow/filtration; limited visitor UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS OR PEERS. capacity with timed tickets; and new mask 17 OFF-SITE AQUARIUMS requirements. maintained by Mote: 8 SARASOTA, 3 ISLAMORADA, 6 KEY WEST MOTE IS... 1,061 CONNECTING TRANSFER SCIENCE OTTER-LY CURIOUS MOTE MASKS MOTE OTTERS “HUCK,” “PIPPI” AND “JANE” ARE WERE SOLD RE-MOTE-LY PART OF A STUDY ON CURIOSITY and the related THROUGH trait of “behavioral flexibility” (the ability to MOTE’S DURING COVID-19 +300 TEACHERS respond to situations in various ways). Project and families in the K-12 community R F GIFT SHOP N FO ULL partners at Mote and New College of Florida are FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CA S T SERVED BY MOTE’S GOOGLE CLASSROOM S O studying these traits in otters to compare with other animals, including —at times selling R out— in 2020 as RESOURCES during a time Y humans—a way to learn more about the animals and ourselves. our friends near and far of school closures and transitions. sought to protect each other 584% MOTE AQUARIUM from COVID-19 and show their love INCREASE IN SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT ON MOTE’S PAGES THIS YEAR OVER 175,706 VISITORS of Mote and the oceans. LAST YEAR— a sign that communities treasured Mote’s online education and outreach WINNER even more during pandemic lockdowns. +200 BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION RUNNERS 2020 Readers’ Choice Award +1,000 PEPPERMINT SHRIMP presented by Sarasota JOINED MOTE’S FIRST ALL-VIRTUAL 80 MILLION YEARS AGO WERE PRODUCED BY BREEDING IN MOTE’S AQUARIUM MOTE IS... Herald-Tribune to Mote. RUN FOR THE TURTLES, to support How far “back in time” visitors traveled when they 400 MARINE SPECIES CONSERVATION LAB. 112 WERE SENT TO SIX OTHER AZA Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation entered Mote Aquarium’s limited-time LIVE AT MOTE AQUARIUM, alongside educational and INSTITUTIONS TO LIVE WITH RESCUED CORALS; the & Research Program. interactive exhibits that provide a window into the world- NOT JUST ANY exhibit “Savage Ancient Seas.” shrimp control pest anemones and protect the corals. WINNER EXHIBIT SPONSORED LOCALLY BY SARASOTA class science of Mote Marine Laboratory. Mote is accredited Mote and other AZA partners are holding corals rescued BEST PLACE TO TAKE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX by the Association of & Aquariums (AZA) for top notch AQUARIUM from Florida’s Coral Reef, to preserve their native genetic THE KIDS 2020 Readers’ animal care, conservation, safety and more. diversity and support reef restoration in the wake of a major Choice Award presented by +$75 MILLION disease outbreak. Sarasota Magazine to Mote. COMMITTED AND GROUNDBREAKING COMPLETED FOR MOTE SEA 250 NEON GOBIES, 150 FLORIDA STONE CRABS, (MOTE SCIENCE EDUCATION AQUARIUM), 6 SHORT-CLAWED SPIDER CRABS also produced by Mote’s Aquarium 2020 Best of SRQ Local award the rebirth of Mote Aquarium planned to open in 2023 at Nathan Benderson Conservation Lab, which breeds and raises water-dwelling animals for SILVER presented to Mote. BEST ATTRACTION Park, a nexus for Sarasota and Manatee counties and southwest Florida. conservation and education. The campaign to create Mote SEA, Oceans for All, aims to raise $130 million. * SEE PAGE 26 FOR A LIST OF MOTE’S EDUCATION PROGRAMS 18 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 19 IMPACTS: STAFF RECRUITMENT & NUTURING MOTE EMINENT SCHOLAR AWARDS Mote Senior Scientist DR. EMILY HALL undertook a new leadership role this year, as Principal Investigator SUPPORTING OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST These three-year awards provide 50% salary coverage for the Mote-FWC Cooperative Red Tide Research to Mote senior scientists who have great potential to Program. She continued to serve as Director of the Science Working Group for the Southeastern Coastal Mote is dedicated to attracting and nurturing the best and the brightest minds marine science and technology fields— significantly advance a current research initiative or Acidification Network (SOCAN), which is focused on a key priority in our Beyond 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan. Philanthropic support allows Mote to provide the following develop a new research initiative consistent with Mote’s facilitating research and discussion to address coastal awards and fellowships to deserving members of its research staff. Below each award is a list of this year’s recipients. Beyond 2020 Vision, and which will help ensure the long- and ocean acidification impacts in the U.S. Southeast. term prosperity of Mote’s overall research enterprise. ROSS JOHNSTON, a Marine Science Virtual Learning Education Specialist at Mote, was a finalist for the MOTE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH MOTE SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE AWARDS NEW AWARDEE IN 2020: Young Professional of the Year Award from the Sarasota Young Professionals Group, a program of the FELLOWSHIPS These two-year awards provide 25% salary support for DR. ERINN MULLER, Manager of the Coral Health & Disease Research Program and the Coral Reef Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. These three-year fellowships provide 100% salary conducting scholarly and service activities that further Restoration Program Mote Public Relations Manager STEPHANNIE KETTLE support, research start-up, supplies, equipment and the mission of Mote and are consistent with Mote’s won a Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) mentorship to postdoctoral scientists conducting Beyond 2020 Vision. PREVIOUS AWARDEE CONTINUING IN 2020: award for developing a media and communications training for Mote staff, and she was appointed to the outstanding work early in their careers. DR. CYNTHIA HEIL, Director of the Red Tide Institute Board of the Central West Coast Chapter of FPRA. NEW AWARDEES IN 2020: at Mote Marine Laboratory NEW IN 2020: DR. JIM LOCASCIO Manager of the Fisheries Habitat DR. ERINN MULLER, a Mote Senior Scientist who joined the Lab originally as a Mote Postdoctoral DR. HANNA KOCH received her doctorate in 2016 Ecology & Acoustics Program Research Fellow, participated in two U.S. Congressional from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology DR. VINCE LOVKO Manager of the Phytoplankton CELEBRATING MOTE LEADERSHIP briefings this year at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in Germany. She is located full-time at Mote’s Elizabeth Ecology Program IN SCIENCE, EDUCATION, There, she informed federal elected officials about Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & DR. KEVAN MAIN Manager of the Marine & coral reef conservation and restoration. She shared Restoration (IC2R3) on Summerland Key, where she is COMMUNICATIONS Freshwater Aquaculture Research Program and knowledge derived from Mote’s key roles in massive working to build a new research program focused on Associate Vice President for Research in the Mote staff achieve more each year than 100 annual efforts to survey and restore Florida’s Coral Reefs with coral sexual propagation as a significant component in Directorate of Fisheries & Aquaculture reports could describe. Here are just a few examples the goal of addressing the devastating outbreak of Mote’s larger coral restoration initiative. Her primary stony coral tissue loss disease. mentor is Mote Senior Scientist Dr. Erinn Muller. DR. NICOLE RHODY Staff Scientist in the Marine & of the ways Mote staff were leaders in their local, state, Freshwater Aquaculture Research Program national or international communities this year. Mote Staff Scientist CAROLE NEIDIG was invited DR. JAKE LASALA received his doctorate in 2018 to be a member of the International Council for the from Florida Atlantic University and is located full-time DR. TRACY SHERWOOD Staff Scientist in the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) Technology Integration at Mote’s City Island, Sarasota, campus. He is working Environmental Laboratory for Forensics Mote’s Assistant Vice President for Education, for Fishery-Dependent Data Working Group (WGTIFD). to build a new sea turtle research program focused ALY BUSSE, leads multiple Mote efforts to help DR. ANDREA TARNECKI Staff Scientist in the Marine She gave a presentation on efforts to further fisheries on how sea turtles utilize habitats and adapt to local people from diverse backgrounds, including Immunology Program electronic monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico, an effort and global environmental shifts. His co-mentors are underrepresented minority students, excel in marine she is leading through the Center for Fisheries Mote Senior Scientist Dr. Kevan Main and Mote Senior DR. DANA WETZEL Manager of the Environmental science. This year Sarasota Magazine honored Electronic Monitoring at Mote (CFEMM). She was Scientist Emeritus Dr. Ernie Estevez. Laboratory for Forensics Busse’s leadership by presenting her with the Unity Award. Busse was also named Chair of the National also invited to represent the Gulf and South Atlantic received her doctorate in DR. AILEEN MALDONADO PREVIOUS AWARDEES WHO CONTINUED Association of Marine Laboratories’ new Education regions’ electronic monitoring programs to members 2015 from University of California, Riverside, and is located FOR ALL OR PART OF 2020: Committee—where she will help Mote spearhead of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. full-time at Mote’s City Island, Sarasota, campus. She is improved strategies for educational excellence at Mote Staff Scientist DR. NICOLE RHODY continued a working to build a new ecotoxicology research program DR. NATE BRENNAN Staff Scientist in the Fisheries marine science nonprofits across the nation. vital, international leadership role she began in 2016: focused on impacts of climate change and pollution on Ecology & Enhancement Program Mote’s MarSci-LACE Project Coordinator, JASMIN Chair of the Student Activities Committee for the marine and estuarine organisms, and her primary mentor DR. TRACY FANARA Manager of the Environmental , works to support underrepresented minorities World Aquaculture Society, which has members in is Mote Senior Scientist Dr. Rich Pierce. Health Research Program GRAHAM in marine science in multiple ways. In addition to her about 100 countries. DR. EMILY HALL Manager of the Ocean Acidification leadership roles within MarSci-LACE (a center of DR. RYAN SCHLOESSER, a former Mote Postdoctoral PREVIOUS FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS WHO Research Program and the Chemical & Physical CONTINUED FOR ALL OR PART OF 2020: excellence at Mote—see pages 14-15), she serves as Research Fellow turned staff scientist, advanced to Ecology Program President & CEO of a separate nonprofit organization, the role of Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Program

DR. PHIL GRAVINESE DR. BOB HUETER Director of Mote’s Center for Minorities in Shark Science, and she partnered with Manager this year, with the mentorship of Mote Senior Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Program Shark Research and Manager of the Sharks & Rays Mote colleagues and others to bring #BlackinMarine Scientist and past Program Manager Dr. Ken Leber, DR. ROB NOWICKI Conservation Research Program ScienceWeek to Mote’s audiences with an empowerment who was preparing to retire in the coming fiscal year Sharks & Rays Conservation Research Program panel event featuring Black marine scientists. after decades of successful fisheries science at Mote.

20 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 21 LOOKING AHEAD

MOTE IS GROWING—AND NOT JUST OUR AQUARIUM Above: Renderings of the envisioned Mote Science Education Above: Renderings of the envisioned evolution of Mote’s City Aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park. Island, Sarasota, campus. Courtesy of Hall Darling Design Studio.

t’s been the talk of the town for some time in has been raised for the rebirth of Mote Aquarium as I southwest Florida: Mote Marine Laboratory & Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA)—more BENEATH THE SEA SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION Aquarium is expanding. However, many have only seen than half the $130-million goal in Mote’s Oceans for CANNOT WAIT part of the picture—plans for our exciting Aquarium All campaign to create this iconic, 110,000-square-foot The rebirth of Mote Aquarium in a new home will rebirth—and have yet to discover the vast of facility. Mote SEA, planned for Nathan Benderson meet a critical need: clearing space for more science— While the two major goals above are prioritized in science driving Mote’s growth as a global powerhouse Park, is projected to inspire 700,000 visitors from the the type of large-scale, multi-partner science and Mote’s Beyond 2020 Vision, other exciting expansions are of marine research and innovation. Sarasota-Manatee region and around the world each innovation needed to address the grand challenges already here, helping to answer the ocean’s call now. year with incredible displays of marine life, interactive facing our oceans and communities. That’s why Mote Mote’s Beyond 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan emphasizes technology and windows into Mote’s amazing science. is planning to add or renovate 60,000 square feet at its AT MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH expanding our research infrastructure and helping Mote SEA will enhance Florida tourism and economies, primary research campus on City Island, Sarasota, to PARK, INLAND SARASOTA COUNTY more collaborators from around the world access it. create jobs and inspire the next generation of marine create an International Marine Science, Technology What does that mean and why does it matter? scientists with its three state-of-the-art STEM teaching & Innovation Park—beginning when the current FLORIDA RED TIDE MITIGATION & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FACILITY Let’s start with the new Aquarium and then dive labs offering no-cost programming for Sarasota and Aquarium space is freed. This transformation will give into the science beneath. Manatee county school districts. Mote scientists, engineers, visiting researchers, and To fight the impacts of Florida red tide (blooms of science and technology entrepreneurs from around Karenia brevis algae) effectively while causing no THE SEA CHANGE HAS BEGUN On Nov. 13, 2020, Crosby joined Mote Trustees, the globe the expanded, state-of-the-art facilities they further environmental harm than red tide itself, donors, and federal, state and local leaders in the need to restore and conserve our oceans, build a “blue scientists must test red tide mitigation compounds This summer, Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. groundbreaking ceremony for Mote SEA—the most economy,” and enable both to thrive and benefit our and technologies in the environment. Long before Crosby announced that approximately $75 million exciting step yet toward its projected opening in 2023. communities for generations. that, they must test them in the lab and then in large

22 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 23 Above: The culture lab at Mote’s new red tide facility at MAP. Above: Raceways at Mote’s new red tide facility at MAP.

“mesocosm” or “raceway” tanks designed to provide a To protect the living treasure of coral genetic diversity, preview of the possible environmental impacts. This Mote has created a unique, large-scale, land-based, year, Mote created a cutting-edge facility to do just that, living coral gene bank where dozens of coral genotypes as part of the Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology (genetic varieties) of at least 30 species can be stored Development Initiative led by Mote in partnership in triplicate. Mote’s International Coral Gene Bank, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation created during 2020-2021, is housed in Category 5 Commission (FWC). The facility, occupying 28,800 hurricane-resistant infrastructure and contains four square feet of Mote’s existing campus space, can hold separate life-support systems, so if one system fails, Above: Coral fragments in Mote’s International Coral Gene Bank. almost 150,000 gallons of treated and recirculated corals supported by other systems will be preserved. seawater. Its six labs include a culture room for In early 2021, Mote scientists began introducing corals growing algae, a chemistry lab, and large systems of into some of the Gene Bank’s four systems, which have IN THE FLORIDA KEYS long tanks called raceways and 5- or 10-foot mesocosms room for up to 500 mature parent corals or 15,000 where scientists can create mini versions of Sarasota small coral fragments. The facility provides precision POWERING CORAL RESTORATION IN ISLAMORADA Bay, the Gulf of Mexico or other relevant environments control of temperature, chemistry, water level, lighting This year, Mote was honored to establish a partnership by maintaining shellfish, seaweed, sponges, sediments and more, to keep the corals happy and healthy. Mote’s with the famed Bud n’ Mary’s Marina to bring the and other ecosystem components that could be Gene Bank will also help produce new coral offspring first science-based coral nursery for restoration to sensitive to mitigation efforts. Use of the facility and through its dedicated laboratory for controlled, year- Islamorada in the Upper Florida Keys. The facility will its unprecedented quantities of Karenia brevis culture round, coral sexual reproduction—a key step to infuse fill a critical gap in reef restoration coverage—allowing are free for scientists from around the world whose fresh genetic diversity into the science-based coral reef Mote to target restoration sites at Cheeca Rocks, one of projects are part of the Initiative. restoration Mote is spearheading. seven reef areas prioritized for concentrated, collective restoration in Mission Iconic Reefs, a partnership MOTE’S INTERNATIONAL CORAL GENE BANK With over 1,600 genotypes, Mote has one of the largest overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Coral reefs are experiencing unprecedented die-offs single collections of living coral genetic diversity in Administration that includes Mote and complements worldwide, and it’s critical to restore them with resilient existence. Our gene bank vision began with a focus on Mote’s own major restoration strategy. Islamorada and genetically diverse corals that have the best chances corals endemic to Florida and U.S. jurisdictions of the Conservation and Restoration Education (I.Care) will

to survive and reproduce. However, scientists can only Caribbean, and it is now expanding to include coral work with citizen divers to help outplant and monitor Above: Mote scientists use a process called microfragmentation- do that if our native corals don’t disappear first. genetic diversity from reefs around world. Mote-supplied coral fragments onto Islamorada’s reefs. fusion to restore slow-growing corals to mature sizes faster.

24 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 25 TO DOWNLOAD MOTE’S WHO WE ARE: 2020 HIGHLIGHTS 7 ANNUAL GOALS MET OR SURPASSED FULL STRATEGIC PLAN, SCAN +$10,746,000 THIS QR CODE OR GO ONLINE TO: DONATED TO MOTE $241,706 BEYOND 2020 VISION & STRATEGIC PLAN MOTE.ORG/BEYOND2020 this year via 3,359 DONATIONS from RAISED IN Mote’s Beyond 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan, endorsed by our Board of Trustees, charts a course 3,044 GENEROUS DONORS. for the success of Mote’s mission. Below are the annual strategic goals met or exceeded by our hardworking Mote family this year. 261 MOTE STAFF INCLUDING: JUST 24 HOURS for Mote’s mission by the successful, community-wide, online INCREASE THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FROM ALL SOURCES FOR ANNUAL INCREASE MOTE MARINE FOUNDATION ASSETS TO $50 MILLION 36 DOCTORAL-LEVEL STAFF Giving Challenge—just one of many ways that philanthropy RESEARCH OPERATIONS TO APPROXIMATELY $27 MILLION IN 2030. BY 2030 GOAL GOAL 2030 made a critical impact in this challenging time. THE GIVING 2030 FY ACTUAL: $17,611,396 FY ACTUAL: $17,576,540

CHALLENGE is hosted by the Community Foundation of Sarasota 102 RESEARCH STAFF County, with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation. FISCAL YEAR GOAL: $15,300,000 FISCAL YEAR GOAL: $15,600,000

59 AQUARIUM STAFF INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH RECRUIT AND ANNUALLY MAINTAIN FOUR CONTINUOUSLY 9,479 AND/OR COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS TO 30 BY 2030. ROTATING THREE-YEAR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH GOAL 166 2030 FELLOWSHIP POSITIONS WITH FULL SALARY/FRINGE/START-UP 20 EDUCATION STAFF MOTE MEMBERS FY ACTUAL: 26

SUPPORTING MOTE’S MISSION CORPORATE MEMBERS COSTS BY 2025. GOAL SUPPORTING MOTE’S MISSION FISCAL YEAR GOAL: 21 2025 FY ACTUAL: 4 24 RESEARCH PROGRAMS 57 EDUCATION PROGRAMS FISCAL YEAR GOAL: 3 Benthic Ecology Adult learning programs • Behind-the-scenes Aquarium experiences • College internships • Fishing clinics • INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH STAFF SCIENTISTS AND SENIOR SCIENTISTS TO RECEIVE 25% SALARY Chemical & Physical Ecology SUPPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES TO 25 BY 2030. GOAL Florida Master Naturalist Program • 2030 Coral Health & Disease Research FY ACTUAL: 11 High school internships Coral Reef Monitoring and Assessment & volunteer programs • FISCAL YEAR GOAL: 11 Coral Reef Restoration Homeschool programs EXPAND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTE PH.D.-LEVEL RESEARCHERS TO 45 IN 2030. GOAL 2030 Dolphin Research • Kayaking programs FY ACTUAL: 36

• Onsite and virtual Ecotoxicology FISCAL YEAR GOAL: 36 programs and events WE ARE Environmental Health Research for families • Preschool INCREASE THE ANNUAL TOTAL OF MOTE-ORGANIZED PUBLIC FORUMS TO 20 BY 2030. GOAL Environmental Laboratory for Forensics 2030 programs • Research Experiences for FY ACTUAL: 17

Fisheries Ecology & Enhancement Undergraduates • School field trips, FISCAL YEAR GOAL: 11 Fisheries Habitat Ecology & Acoustics outreaches, and classroom kits • Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation & Ecology School partnerships • Science Cafés MO TE • Scout programs • SEA Trek Virtual Jane’s Refuge: The Hospital for Dolphins & Whales at Mote Marine Laboratory Learning programs • Special Lecture Series • Special needs programs • Manatee Research Spring Break, Summer Break and Winter Break camps • Marine & Freshwater Aquaculture Research Teacher Professional Development • Travel programs • Volunteer Marine Biomedical Research opportunities • Youth Ocean Conservation Summit • Youth clubs & programs RESEARCH Marine Immunology $17,611,396 65% Ocean Acidification Research 7 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE EDUCATION & AQUARIUM 23% $27,151,991 Alfred Goldstein Institute for Climate Change Studies • Center for Shark $6,388,322 Ocean Technology OPERATING BUDGET* Research • Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development Initiative FACILITIES & Phytoplankton Ecology *DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFICIAL INTEREST • Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Coral Gene Bank • Louis Stokes ADMINISTRATION 7% IN MOTE MARINE FOUNDATION $1,865,086 Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Alliance for Minority Participation: Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital of Excellence • Marine Policy Institute • Red Tide Institute RESERVES $1,287, 187 5% Sharks & Rays Conservation Research 66 Stranding Investigations SQUARE FEET PEER-REVIEWED 331,152 PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS Total buildings and structures AND CHAPTERS 26 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 27 WHO WE ARE: OUR SUPPORTERS

TURN TO PAGE 31 TO SEE A LIST OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED The world changed so monumentally during our IN 2020 FOR THEIR 2019 SERVICE. 2019-2020 fiscal year that we can hardly believe it was a single year. In January 2020, many Mote supporters joined us for an incredible Farm to Fillet event at Mote Aquaculture Research Park—one of the last big Volunteers have been essential to Mote’s 66 years of gatherings before “social distancing” became our paradigm-shifting marine science and education, and mantra. However, it wasn’t the last time the Mote family our 40 years of sharing Mote’s mission with all ages would rally for a great cause this year:

through Mote Aquarium. Volunteers will be essential • More than 1,000 people joined our first all- at our planned Mote Science Education Aquarium virtual Run for the Turtles, supporting sea turtle (Mote SEA) and in our expanding research at our conservation and science at Mote, no matter evolving scientific campuses. where they were.

• Your giving helped us raise $241,706 for Mote in The hard work, flexibility, generosity and friendship just 24 hours through the 2020 Giving Challenge, of Mote volunteers have truly been our rock, this year presented by the Community Foundation of and every year. Sarasota County with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation and generous matching MOTE MEMBERS & DONORS support to Mote from Scott and Tami Charlton and Toma and Rebecca Milbank.

WE WOULDN’T BE WHO WE ARE WITHOUT YOU In a year challenging enough to capsize many • Our members were the first to return to Mote organizations, you—our incredible donors and Aquarium in June, after the temporary closure. MOTE VOLUNTEERS members—have ensured that Mote Marine Laboratory Your smiling faces (behind your cool masks) were just on the Aquarium floor but in every aspect of Mote & Aquarium’s 66-year mission of marine science, the most wonderful sights imaginable. When Mote Aquarium reopened after closing Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Our hearts go out conservation and education remains buoyant. • We loved sharing our world with you virtually, temporarily due to COVID-19, Mote staff took the to all those in high risk populations, whose volunteer from an award-winning Re-Mote Trivia Night to first shifts on the Aquarium floor to make sure things roles remain on hold. In addition, we thank those who With Mote Aquarium closed for nearly three months in special behind-the-scenes video tours for our were running smoothly and safely before volunteer persisted with us through a truly crazy 2020—from Sea 2020, we faced immense revenue losses affecting our top supporters. docents returned. Turtle Patrol volunteers who kept walking the beach to nonprofit as a whole. Fortunately, thousands of • Donors have pledged more than $75 million for faithful friends who kept in touch Re-Mote-ly. supporters had our backs—3,044 donors gave more the creation of Mote Science Education Aquarium There, staff gained a renewed and heightened level of than $10.7 million to Mote’s mission, while 9,479 (Mote SEA). Just after the fiscal year ended, we appreciation for how incredible our volunteers are— Our 1,354 volunteers gave an exceptional 61,026 hours members and 166 corporate members provided their also celebrated our first corporate sponsors for interpreting complex exhibits, providing endless smiles of their time to Mote this year—a testament to their own crucial support. Mote SEA: Benderson Development, Gold Coast and kind words to help guests feel at home, ensuring that resilience and generosity. Eagle Distributing, Ajax Paving, Caldwell Trust kids use two fingers at our touch pools, remembering a The challenges of the coronavirus pandemic are Company, CBIZ Insurance Services, Tervis, and dizzying array of science facts, and more. We didn’t think That generosity shone brightly during the early days far from over, and generous people like you will be Florida Power & Light. we could love our volunteers any more deeply, but after of COVID-19 lockdown, when Mote staff asked if any essential to our success in the months ahead. Just know walking in their shoes, we did! volunteers in quarantine or high-risk groups needed that Mote’s mission is here for the long haul, and our With the help of our incredible supporters, this year staff help with grocery deliveries and errands. Instead efforts are expanding, because the challenges facing and every year, Mote’s mission remains unstoppable. The entire team of Mote staff is thrilled that many of of asking for help, several volunteers asked how they our oceans demand it—and because you, our Mote our volunteers have returned safely to their posts—not could sign up to help their fellow volunteers. Change Makers, continue to make it possible.

28 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 29 WHO WE ARE: OUR SUPPORTERS

MOTE TRUSTEES & ADVISORS 2020 VOLUNTEER AWARD RECIPIENTS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADVISORY COUNCIL Matthew Plummer 30 YEARS 10 YEARS Joanne Walsh BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dave Dickson, Chair Art Reilly Bobby Hilbrunner Judy Achre Michael Walsh OFFICERS Rod Hershberger Steve Belack Gary Rogers Thekla Kahn Barry Benjamin Cass Weisman 1 YEAR Dr. Howard (Sam) Seider, Rod Hershberger Penelope Kingman Michael Belle, Esq. Matt Seider Beth Bertsch Rick Wheeler Chairman Hobard ‘Skip’ Swan Trudo Letschert Kimberly Bleach Charles Shugg 25 YEARS Laura Bryg Sherry Wheeler Maurice (Mo) Cunniffe, Dolores Andrew Vice Chairman Kirk Malcolm James Buchanan C. G. Sloan Robert Cameron Barry Zahnd Sam Nay 3 YEARS Elizabeth Moore Chad Ciaravella Jeffrey Steinsnyder Rebecca Cantrell R. Scott Collins, Treasurer Sandra Stuart Pamela Silagyi VOLUNTEER EMERITUS G. Lowe Morrison, William Clague Paul Tarantino Alan Ebersole Sandra Stuart, Secretary Charles R. Smith Chairman Emeritus Linda Vertefeuille INDUCTEES Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Irwin Davis Norm Vaughan-Birch Barb Ebersole (dec. 1933-2020) Alan Rose Bernita Barker President & CEO Aedan Dowling Casey Welch Sandy Fulkerson Charles R. Smith 20 YEARS Howard Cowan Douglas Elmore Christina Welch Lisa Hartmann 5 YEARS TRUSTEES (dec. 1933-2020) Jim Fountaine Kate Cowan Don Featherman Heather Williams, CPA, CFP Sandra Hayes Scott Collins Arthur L. Armitage, Jeanie Stevenson Joe Malaney Morris Emigh Shirley Fein Jack Windt, Esq Jennifer Johnson Mo Cunniffe Chairman Emeritus Hobart (Skip) Swan Arnie Malasky Sherry Emigh Joan Galvin Julie Klick Eugene Beckstein, FLORIDA KEYS Ronnie Malasky Toby Etkin 7 YEARS Chairman Emeritus HONORARY TRUSTEES Nick Gladding Elliot Koffman ADVISORY COUNCIL Joe Mathis Greg Fiore Jeanie Stevenson Barbara Brizdle William S. Galvano, Esq. Bradley Goddard Ciera Lemoniades Peter Rosasco, Chair Mavis Ridley Phyllis Hamblen Philip (Mickey) Callanen The Hon. Andy Ireland Doug Grosso Diana Love Jill Miranda Baker Tony Ridley Donna Heffner 10 YEARS Robert E. Carter, Elaine Keating Dr. Edward Hamilton Mike Love Ron Burd Judy Williams Nancy Hume Gene Beckstein Chairman Emeritus Robert Long Dan Harris, CPA Martha Noyes George Craig Richard Kiegler Rande Ridenour Ronald D. Ciaravella Jean Martin Brian Heggie 15 YEARS Dan O’Neil Walt Drabinski Carol Kinder Frederick M. Derr, P.E., Rande Ridenour Paul Hudson Connie Beaupre Jan O’Neil 15 YEARS Chairman Emeritus George Garrett Stephanie Louis Hamilton Jones Frank Dymnicki Scott Pasawicz Mickey Callanen Richard O. Donegan, Douglas Grosso Barb Olson TRUSTEE EMERITUS Joan Kayser Jerris Foote Denise Perreca LTG Howard G. Crowell, Jr., Trustee at Large David Paul Horan Chuck Olson LTG Howard G. Crowell, Jr., Lynn Kukanza (U.S. Army, Retired) N. Rogan Donelly Dick Haber Janet Ray (U.S. Army, Retired) Peter Horton Mary Pexa Peter Rosasco Shelly McAvoy Jerry Miller Michelle Riley Dean H. Eisner Michael Puto Gwen Ross Dwight Mead Connie Schindewolf Tamara Schells James D. Ericson Margie Smith Nancy Smolenski Stuart Moon Jamie Schindewolf Beth Spencer Robert A. Essner, Philip Stevens Chairman Emeritus Dr. Joel Morganroth Tim Thurman Bob Spitzer Patty Sturtevant-Kiegler Susan C. Gilmore Jim Tolley Cindy Taliaferro Barrie Wilkie Judy Graham, Mary Jean Wenzel Joyce Thompson Chairman Emeritus Nicole Valentine

30 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 31 WHO WE ARE: OUR SUPPORTERS Hobart and Janis Swan The Buchanan Family Foundation Eden Charitable Foundation Guy Harvey Ocean Fund, Inc. ANONYMOUS Buckeye Reef, LLC Edmund and Elizabeth Campbell H.D. Perry Family Foundation Triad Foundation, Inc. Bunge North America Foundation Sally and Mark Hale Gwendolyn and Thomas Watson Foundation Edward & Verna Gerbic Harold M. and Adeline S. MOTE CHANGE MAKERS: OUR GENEROUS DONORS Wells Fargo Foundation Canandaigua National Bank Family Foundation Morrison Family Foundation Bob White & Trust Co. Edward E. Haddock, Jr. Lisa Hart and George Duke Family Foundation Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. Captain Planet Foundation Robert and Elizabeth Hathaway Edward and Annette Eliasberg James D. Ericson Tervis Tumbler Company Lisa Hallock and WWW Foundation CapTrust Advisors Helen Forde Gander and Mary PRESIDENT’S Alison and Richard Engel Judy Graham Joseph Tompkins Mohammed Chaouqi William Zimmer Susan and Slade Cargill A. Baldwin Charitable Trust COUNCIL Ann English Horan Family Foundation Whitcraft Foundation Rod and Elaine Hershberger Alison and Steve Carter Henry and Marilyn F.A.O. Schwarz Taub Foundation Lookout Foundation, Inc. Hunter Ward Foundation CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. $500,000 OR MORE Family Foundation Henry L. & Grace Doherty McCune Family Foundation $10,000 TO $24,999 James M. Doss VISIONARIES The Charles M. Breder Daniel E. Offutt, III Charitable Foundation Foundation for Marine Science Facebook Charitable Foundation Charitable Trust Elizabeth Moore Arthur and Catherine Armitage David and Sally Janes Kim and Philip Chin-Sam Family Dive Adventures Lieselotte Hessler ANONYMOUS Mote Scientific Foundation Eugene and Annabelle Beckstein $1,000 TO $9,999 Michael and Franza Janes Aleta Chrisman and Paul Bolton Donald and Susan Featherman Malcolm and Patricia Hickok The Mary E. Parker Foundation Paul M. Angell Foundation Benderson Family A to Z Products Co., Inc. Julius Fleischman Foundation Edward and Judith Christian Robin and William Fetsch Pat Hinger The Patterson Foundation Lynn and Steve Blackledge Douglas Adams and Robert Copeland and Firkins Automotive Group Dale Hoffman Perlman Family Foundation Philip and Brooke Callanen The Kors La Pere Foundation Denise McHugh $250,000 TO $499,999 Marian Holmes Jefferson and Maisie Flanders Jay and Cindy Hoorn Wayne and Grace Rickert Caldwell Trust Company Koski Family Foundation David Agostine Ryan and Maureen Martin Combined Federal Campaign Florida Blue Foundation Richard and Ellen Horak Wohlers Family Foundation John and Angela Campanella L.V. Thompson Family Air & Energy Inc. Peggy Sears Foundation Collins Family Heritage Forza Wealth Management Samuel V. and Rebecca B. Howe Robert and Carol Carter Jeannine and Peter Alexandro Steinwachs Family Foundation John N. Lilly and Foundation Carter and Carol Fox Everette and Sherry Howell $25,000 TO $49,999 Ronald and Shannon Ciaravella Altium Planning LLC Katherine Moore-Lilly Ann M. Crosby Franklin Philanthropic Huisking Family Fund at the Agentives Fund Scott and Kelly Collins Amazon Smile Foundation $100,000 TO $249,999 Longboat Key Turtle Watch LTG (Ret)Howard G. Crowell, Foundation Community Foundation of Arthur L. & Elaine V. Johnson Cook Family Foundation Dr. Heidi K. Anderson Charles & Margery Barancik Louis and Gloria Flanzer Jr., and Sally Crowell Frederick Derr & Company, Inc. Sarasota County Foundation Foundation Cowles Charitable Trust Philanthropic Trust ANONYMOUS Vickie and Joseph Crupi T. Bondurant and Hollis French J. William and Helen D. Stuart Axe Inc Technologies Community Foundation Dr. Michael P. and Sharon Crosby John MacLennan Gail and Mark Appel James Culter and Jan Miller Amy and Don Friedrich Foundation of Sarasota County Boscia Family Foundation Fred and Terri Derr Kirk and Rae Malcolm William Archibald and The Cunniffe Family Foundation Barbara and James Gabbert J.P. Morgan Charitable Maurice and Carolyn Cunniffe The Cabbadetus Foundation EcoEd Foundation, Inc. Jill Hardin Giving Fund Mariel Foundation John and Denise Curls Jane Garnett and David Booth Edwin T. Meredith Foundation The Charles T. Bauer Edward and Elyse Rogers Theresa Arnold and Megan Powell The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc. Jean Martin David Curry and Edmund and Patricia Garno, Jr. Robert and Anne Essner Charitable Foundation Family Foundation Dana Asher Barbara Jennings Shelly and Ross Masters Annette Robertson William Garrett and Jane’s Trust Foundation CVC Advisors (U.S.) Inc. The Edward E. and James and Kathy Baker John and Nellie Bastien Virginia Miller Christopher and Karen Johnson Helen Johnson-Leipold and Disney Conservation Fund Lillian H. Bishop Foundation Stuart and Gail Barzman Memorial Foundation G. Lowe Morrison and Pattiann Curtin Tony Garvin Craig Leipold Richard and Patricia Donegan Everett W. & Gretha M. Ervin Johnson, Jr. Leiza Fitzgerald Nancy and Dave Bass Melisande and Alfred D’Alessio GE Foundation Matching Keith Monda ANONYMOUS Erdoesy Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family Nat P. Ozmon Family Foundation Deanna and Daniel Bebak Gloria Dana and Jack Howell Gift Program Robert A. Uihlein Foundation James & Maryann Armour Dean Eisner of Companies Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. Betsy and Thomas Beers ANONYMOUS Gecko’s Hospitality Group Trust of Charles R. Smith and Family Foundation Shirley Fein Johnson Ohana Foundation Publix Super Markets David and Felice Berkowitz Deborah M. Cooley Ed and Pat Geisinger Mary George Smith The Jerome M. Kobacker Fiduciary Wealth Advisors, LLC Brenda Johnston Charities, Inc. ANONYMOUS Charitable Trust The Gibbings Family ANONYMOUS Charities Foundation Fort Wayne Metals Research The Joseph and Catherine Racoosin Family Foundation Bernard Lewis John and Mary Jo Deckro Charitable Trust Edward and Terry Kolodzieski Products Corp. Johnson Family Foundation Rita B. Lamere Memorial Charitable Foundation Thomas and Deborah Degnan Robert Gigante Penelope Kingman Norman and Shari Frost Virginia Judge $50,000 TO $99,999 Foundation Lisabeth Bertsch Christina and Alex Dell Patricia Gillis Trudo and Mary Letschert, Sr. Donald Garber and Richard and KeKe Kahn Ashurst Foundation William Robertson and Billy J. Martin and Jeane S. DEX Imaging, Inc. The Glick Family Foundation New Amsterdam Betsy Lembeck Paul and Sarah Karon Barbara Brizdle Lynn Welty Martin Foundation Gene Goetz Charitable Foundation Gasparilla Island Conservation Disney Worldwide The Brookby Foundation Dr. Howard (Sam) and Alan Boll Keating Family Foundation & Improvement Association Services, Inc. Golder Family Foundation Park Foundation Dorene Seider Brian and Susan Kelly ANONYMOUS Ronald Boring Steven C. Dixon and Cassandra Gonzmart Ralph S. French The Griffin Endowment Tami and Scott Charlton S. Jackson Wommack and Edna Carol Bowen and Victor Bass Peggy C. Allen Kenneth & Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Susan Gilmore Charles and Jean Gorham Michael Corrigan B. Wommack Foundation Jenne K. Britell Doctors Hospital of Sarasota Charitable Foundation, Inc. Richard and Sandra Rosenbloom Scott and Melissa Glaze Heidi Goss Daniel S. Blalock, Jr. Samir M. Shafie Kathleen and Travis Brown Elizabeth and Robert Dods Sharon Kent Sara Roberts Foundation Jane Graham-Hyslop Charitable Foundation Kendrick Graham Ng-Yow Charitable Foundation Ann Brownell and Lynn Baum Dolphin Aviation Alan and Carol Kesler William Shepard Gulf Coast Community Samowitz Foundation Trust Terri and Ron Greenbaum Donald C. Brace Foundation ANONYMOUS The Don CeSar Suh Kang and Young Choo Kim The Spurlino Foundation Foundation The Shannon Foundation Gail Greenfelder N. Rogan Donelly Congressman and Kitchner Benefits Guthrie & Frey Water Byron and Kim Dorgan Hugh and Shana Griffiths Enzymedica, Inc. Sandi Stuart and Steve and Mary Smith Mrs. Vernon Buchanan Knox Family Foundation Conditioning LLC Michael and Rhea Dow D. Michael Murray Elizabeth Steele Jessica Griffiths

32 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 33 Lynn and Kevin Kodrick Janet Oliver and Ron Damele Nathalie Silver William and Rebecca Wilferth Joseph and Karen Coviello Marisa Jelicks Elizabeth Miller Sunny Speidel James and Norma Koppel Gary and Ann Olson Silver City Sarasota William G. and Marie Selby James Dean Alfred and Carol Jensen Fred and Ruth Miller Megan W. Spinks, LCSW, ACSW Cosette and Louis Kosiba Joan Osgood Harris and Micheline Silverman Foundation Definitive Logic Corporation William and Elizabeth Johnston Elizabeth and Michael Monnot Lucia Spotte and Robert and Gwen Krivi Valeriy Palubok Hollis Stacy William Stark Jones Foundation Joyce and Debbie Deuble Dianne and Michael Kadish Michael and Rebecca Moore Stephen Spotte, Ph.D. Karen and Greg Kuppler Paradise Advertising Jeffrey Steinsnyder Robert and Rebecca Witter Jim DeVilbiss Steven Kalt and Robert Heeren Catherine and Jay Morgan Tom and Rhonda Stoughton Michelle Lamarca Jeffrey Parker Richard I. Sterling James and Carol Yoder Daria Dick Pamela Kandziora and Patricia and Guary Morgan John Strickland Jerry and Jan Lazar The Perry Hotel Elizabeth Stewart Ronald and Geri Yonover Nancy A. Dobras Steve Jalovec Kathleen and Alfred Morrison Strikeforce Communications LLC Legend Bracelet, LLC ANONYMOUS Christy Stickney and Dominic Zuend Linda Domenico Amy Katz Guenter and Anita Mrotzek Patty Sturtevant-Kiegler and Janet and Fred Leonberger Pier 22 Thierry Rouillard Dennis and Dawn Doughty Keep Charlotte Beautiful George and Anne Musekamp Richard Kiegler Dr. Stephen Lexow Vera and Marc Plescia Stone and Holt Weeks Tom and Dale Due Keep Manatee Beautiful, Inc. Amanda Myers-Campbell and Tampa Charter Bus Company Robert and Susan Lifeso Popsockets, LLC Foundation GUARDIANS Dr. Thomas Kelly and Jacqueline David Campbell Elise and Thomas Tatham Lilly Pulitzer PNC Bank Derek and Jerry Ann Strine Easter Seals Southwest Florida Fleischmann Kelly National Charter Bus Company John and Melinda Thompson Judith Lindauer Patrick and Janet Prendergast Edward and Kathleen $500-$999 Colin English Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation New Floridians Paul and Jayne Thompson Suchora, Jr. Longboat Key Garden Club The Pruitt Foundation 30A thang Estate of Dr. Eugenie Clark Key Dives Barbara O’Brien Ronald and Karen Toshner The Sweet Peas Foundation Jason Lowe Jane Pyle Anchor Spa & Pool Estate of Virginia Klean Kanteen Maggie Ozner and Thomas and Sandra Troxler, Sr. Tom and Patricia Sugalski Lucky’s Market Sarasota Ready Containment, LLC Amir and Lisa Arbisser Mosbaugh Horne Koala Tee Sharon C. Kraemer James and Susan Ulrich John and Judith Lynch Ken and Sheila Rear Edwin and Dorothy Sved Karen Armstrong Pascal and Ashley Ezaki Neil John and Lenore Patterson, Jr. Tom and Sue Van Dam Nancy and Jack Malo Arthur and Rebecca Reilly Arthur and Gladys Szeglin Arnesen Hugh and Betsey Farrington Ron Landon Robert Pegan and Pat Langhans Vera Cash Foundation Manatee Gourmet Coffee ANONYMOUS Richard Talford, Sr. Kenneth and Melanie Babineau First Source Bank Mary Ellen and Eleanor Laue Charlotte and Charles Perret Denise Wachtl Tristin and Natalie Mannion Duncan and Elizabeth Richardson Linda Tanner and Emily Tanner Dawn and Stephen Balinski William and Carolyn Firth Barbara Lausche, J.D. and James Pettus Jacey Wald Jose Garnham Blake Markham Richard Riffel Target Corporation Gerald and Karel Beck Florida Keys Brewing Co, LLC Marjorie and David Pflaum Elsbeth Waskom David and Barbara Law Andria Piekarz and Alan Amero Marshall Family Foundation Elizabeth and Richard Ritter Frances Thayer Jeannie Becton Founders Garden Club of Sarasota Welcome Club of Sarasota, Inc. Law Offices of Blalock PNC Foundation Jeane Martin David and Sharon Robinson ANONYMOUS Kathleen Bellamy and Robert Frank and Vicki Landry Ryan Westerburg Walters, P.A. Katherine Renfrew Mary L. Kenzie Foundation William and Lynne Rogers Tillie, Jennie and Harold Debra Maki Michael Frazier and Tim Whaley and Michael Powell Kevin Lenderman and Andrew Rudnick Schwartz Foundation Bentley & Bruning P.A. Katie Boetcher Mary Jo Reston Neil and Mary Wingard Dennis and Chase Matecun Detria Runyan Tintometer Inc. Karyn Frey The Robert Fiedler Fund of Stephen and Debra McFee Ruth R. Hoyt-Anne H. Jolley Crisianee and Michael Berry Jean and Paul Wojcik John Lenhart the InFaith Community Foundation Cathy and Paul Tomass Paul and Marilyn Blankman Robert and Debra Frey Arnold and Anne Wood Gregory and Lori McMillan Marina Liem and Alex Cannon Foundation Jonathan and Barbara Ryder Desiree and Michael Trahan Francine Blatt and Lisa Bradley William and Darla Furst Richard Worthington Walter and Jean Meanwell Christine and Edward Lindsay Robert E. Willis Elementary Matthew and Tricia Rydson TROPEX Penelope Bodry-Sanders and Sheila and Joe Fuse Cindy Wrick Tom and Judy Melly Elaine and Lincoln Linscott Jerry and JoAnne Robertson S & H, Inc. Nancy and Thomas Tussing Mackarness Goode Joan Galvin Mark and Michelle Melvin Jose and Gerry Lopez Daniel Robinson Carol Sallach Sallie Tyler Anna Boney Nancy and Nathaniel Gardiner Veronica Meuser Carl and Rosa Luer Ronne and Donald Hess Saltwater Inc. UBS Private Wealth Robert Brodbeck Laura and Myles Gaythwaite CHAMPIONS Dylan Mezzio Gerda Maceikonis and Foundation Sarasota Ford Management Stuart Burstein and David and Edmee Geis Rebecca and Samuel Milbank Kurt Macekonis Joseph and Rosa Sabatino Michael and Judith Scharf Tamara Upham Carolyn Gray Dorothy Goes $250 TO $499 Donald and Marcia Miller Robert and Karen Mackey Sarasota Catering Company Mary and David Scheible Gregory van Natter William Byers and Kristin and Michael Goldberg Steven and Amy Abdoo Janet Minker and Charlotte MacLatchy Sarasota Memorial Arvid Schigt ANONYMOUS Patrick Cosgrove Patricia Goldwater Richard Ackley Elliott Himelfarb Susan Macrae and Hospital HCD John and Florence Schimkaitis Wally Adams Foundation Robert Cardwell Kelly and Bruce Goodwin MMGY Global, LLC Allison Scibelli Carla and Doug Salmon Vince and Phyllis Adamaitis Lawrence and Therese Schmidt Leslie and Robert Wander Richard and Ellen Cartun Garry and Nancy Goudy Vicki and Dillard Moore Margaret and Vinnie Maisto Samuel and Grace Gorlitz Alan and Linda Aitken Mary and Douglas Scovanner The Warwick Foundation George and Lois Castrucci Jack and Diane Hathaway Michael and Lori Moran Paul and Judith Malton Foundation Richard and Andrea Amend SeaSucker, LLC William and Cheri Wasz CCAD LLC Paula and Larry Hayes Mason Morgan Catherine Marine Karl and Lu Anne Schwarz Nancy and Peter Anas Mary Alice Seemeyer Thomas Waters William and Kaye Centers Michael and Nicole Hayja Heather Murray and Gloria Bruno MANG, LLC William and Kathleen Seider The Angling Company The Sexton Family Foundation Jean Weiller Marshal and Carol Chesmore Jack and Nan Hayworth, M.D. The NBK Foundation Andrew and Jeanne Marlowe James Shannon Bernard and Nancy Anthony, Jr. Ilonka and Gil Sharell ANONYMOUS Orlando and Lori Cicilioni, III Steve and Cheryl Henderson NetRush.com, Inc. Edwin and Susan Martin Jennifer Sharp-Warthan and Lisa and Mark Antos Scott and Karen Shearer Jack and Maria Whitacre Kevin Claridge Holiday Inn Lido Beach Richard Ng-Yow, Sr. and Ed McAvoy and Daniel Warthan Kenneth and Chris Astor Thomas Archer Ted and Susan Sherman Maureen and Thomas White Robert and Jan Clark Michael and Elizabeth Hoyle Shelly Donegan McAvoy Jana Sheppard AT&T Employee Richard and Betty Nimtz Thomas and Kathleen Sherman Bobby Whitley ANONYMOUS Jason Huefner Phyllis McGrady and Douglas and Cindy Siemon Giving Campaign Kevin and Valerie North Maureen and William A. Shuman Terry Whittier Laurel Cohen and Axel Traugott Gaylord Hughey Christopher Antoniacci Kenneth Smaha and Denise and John Ayre Martha Noyes and Gerald Greene Shutts & Bowen, LLP Ann and Tom Wierdsma James and Jennifer Cooke Paul and Janine Jacobs Kathleen McKown Roberta White Kimberly and John Bailey Dorothy O’Brien and Pamela and Charlie Siderski Wilde Insurance Services Myra and Mack Cooley Rick and Vicki James Hannah Meade and Douglas and Janet Smith Nancy Baker Richard Antoine Siesta Key Rum Ida Wiley Cooper Creek Dental James Buchanan Realty Pamela Gore Meade Kristen Smith April and Michael Barrett

34 Mote Marine Laboratory 2020 Annual Report 35 James and Jane Barrett, Jr. Cornell Club of Lance and Ellen Gurney Mary and Michael Laureno Eric Million Pool Kids Andrew Shannon John and Lamar Toole Fred and Susan Bartizal Sarasota-Manatee Ehon and Susan Hall William Lautenberger and Dave Minoff and Alan and Nancy Port John Shehorn and Margaret Towers and Janet and David Bausch Dixie Coy Paulette Hall Sharon Schanzer Amanda Botson Joanne Pressley Christine Weitz David Peterson of Basics Plus Anne and Kenneth Culotta The Harar Family Foundation Jerry and Kelley Lavin Joan Minoff Promenade Condominium Jason Silva and Kristin The Tromble Family Foundation Carpenter-Azevedo Gerald and Mary Ann Beard Donna Cuviello and Lorna Hard and Courtney Loyer Linda Layer Mission Pets, Inc. Owners Association Helen Trotman Joseph Silverman and Jonah Bea-Taylor Amanda Spungia Mike and Bonnie Hartley Earle and Ellen Layman William and Susan Montague Colette and Terry Purcell Tunaskin Inc. Karen Beyel Dorothy Beckwith Darwin Brewing and Taproom Louise Head Vicki Leaden Frank Morgan Paul and Mary Ellen Quigley James Turner D.D. Rivers Foundation Thomas and Marlene Simpson Scott Behson Lawrence and Margaret Heaslip Kyu and Jane Lee Morgan Stanley Global Impact Linda and Kent Radovich Greg and Tatiana Twarowski Robert and Gail Davies Funding Trust Sip Locally Robin Bennett and Dave Clark David and Jennifer Heidemann Joshua and Lisa Leuchter RAM Financial Corp. Jill Ungar Sharon de Luna Martha and Joseph Murphy Cary D. Smith Ralph and Susan Berry Dr. Cynthia Heil John and Katharine Lewis Jennifer Rankin Ellen Vandernoot Kyle and Lauren Deery Sara and Larry Myers Two Trails, Inc. Stewart and June Beyer Paul Heller Robert and Jane Lewit Ralph Reade and Lana Granzow Jason and Shauna Wagner David Dennehy Katherine Neal and Jay Fisher Douglas and Karen Smith Frederick and Janet Bishop Timothy and Alisa Herring Sandra Liming and Art Montiel Gary Rehm ANONYMOUS Daniel Dieck and Nona Hagen Nellie’s Deli & Catering Eric and Lisa Reintsema Southwest Florida Association Gretchen and Jim Wasniewski Tom Brackett Linda Heusner and Albert Jackson Brenda L. Lindell of Environmental Lance and Patricia Disley Charles and Sheila Nemes Amy and Barry Renninger Deborah Weatherholt Dean Bramlet and Jane Kienle Carol Hillers Little Palm Island Resort Professionals Robin and Jack Doerge Louis Newman Daniel J. Rice and Lisa and Andy Weiland Susan and Gregg Branham, Jr. Bob and Betsy Hills John and Sandra Long Ralph and Wendy Smith Valerie Donahue and Hawkeye Norman Jane Ann Robertson Rice Myrna and John Welch Bridge Tender Inn, Inc. Mark and Mary Hoffman Virginia and Alexander Low Evelyn Smolinski-Young and Thomas Zahn Madeline O’Brien Natalie Richardson Kevin and Denise West ANONYMOUS Robert and Allie Hueter Carol Ludwig and Paul Hobbs Richard Young Elizabeth and Joel Dyckes Ocean Key Resort & Spa Randall and Betsy Ridenour ANONYMOUS Brett and Emily Brosseit Lauren Hughey and John Maclary, Jr. Cynthia Smyth Nancy Dyrek and Kristin Eaton Donald and Jane Ocker Katherine and Gerald Ritzow Max and Marcia Williams Robert and Rita Broun Christopher Lail Dr. Kevan Main Norman Statland and Vicky Easley and Jennifer Langley Linda O’Connor-Levy Joan Rivera Tiffany Williams and Brown-Forman Becca and Neal Huntington Sharon Malin-Quinn and Patricia Pierce Employer Laura O’Donnell Stacey Rodino and Ann Daallam Julie and Irene Brum Paul Hurlock Rod Quinn Rita Steele and Donna Hillmyer Julie English David and Marjorie Osborn Allison Bailey Ken and Marsha Winterhalter John and Leslie Buhrmaster IBERIABANK John and Cheryl Mancini Cindy Steffel Carol and Robert Erker Our Association, Inc. ANONYMOUS Matthew and Julia Winters Brenda Burleson J. McLaughlin Marc Mannino Andrew and Anne Steidinger Michael Esteban Gregory Pachunka Dan Rose and Beverly Harms Mark Wisbeski and Kimberly and Wendall Jacobsen Diane and Craig Markovitz Karen Steidinger, Ph.D. Charmaine Burtak Robert Rose Melissa Brokaw David and Judith Fasser James and Alice Padilla John and Nolia Stephan Andres and Cynthia Buser Kathryn G. Johnson ANONYMOUS David and Ferris Rosemarna Pajerski Jack and Nancy Rozance John Wittig Julia M. Runyon Foundation John and Rebecca Maypole Bruce Stewart William and Sara Jane Bush Kathryn and Dan Ruscitto Christopher and Marilyn Wolf Barry and Gail Finn Jim Palermo and Ashley Snyder Paulette Stewart Business Financial Emily June and Timothy Ryan Pam McArthur Eugene and Julie Fogarty Linda and David Paskin Jerry and Donna Rydell Andrew and Helene Wolff Consultants, Inc. Leslie Juron Patricia and Robert McCauley Peter Stults ANONYMOUS Stuart Pattison and Kelly Peak Salty Rose Renderings Richard Wolford Richard D. Canino Celeste Kaptur Melanie and Payton Sullivan Mark and Alice McCoy Daniel and Brigitte Phyllis and Richard Yonker Susan and Frank Fowler William W. Peattie Frederick Swartzendruber and Douglas and Linda Cardente Robert and Rebecca Keagy Debbie McCue and Schaufelberger Rosemary Francis Rosalie Peirce Chandler Swartzen Bliss Young Barbara Carey Elizabeth and Peter Kelly Beverley Welsh John Schieffelin Steve Friedman Drew and Ashley Peters Elmer and Nancy Swartzmeyer Jacob A. 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