Unique Member Projects
This entry was submitted by SFAEP member Gil Sharell, Jr. with Aquatics Plants of Florida
The project, located at Mote Marine's Lab’s Aquaculture Research Park, involves growing brackish water plants (to be used in mitigation projects) in conjunction with a saltwater aquaculture system that produces pompano
The project, led by Mote scientists and funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant program, is part of a 2-year study with partners from Aquatic Plants of Florida, Inc., a Sarasota business that grows plants for environmental restoration, the University of South Florida, Auburn University in Alabama and Aqua Green a private aquaculture company in Mississippi.
The following are links to a news article and video on the project:
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