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This year the Mote Marine laboratory in Sarasota celebrates its 50th birthday. Today it’s on the forefront of global marine issues – with research into red tide, coral reefs, aquaculture and sharks. The laboratory began in a two-room cottage but now maintains seven research centers, a fleet of vessels and employs 240 people. WGCU’s Amy Tardif has the story of the lab’s humble beginnings thanks to the desires of one young lady eager to enter a man’s field in 1950’s. To learn more about the life of Dr. Eugenie Clark – tune in to Earth Edition tonight at 8:30 on WGCU public television.

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Florida Gulf Coast University and the Estuary Conservation Association launch the Cocohatchee River and Estuary Guardian initiative today at the Pelican Isle Yacht Club in North Naples.
The program is a joint effort to ensure the environmental health, boating and fishing opportunities and the quality eco-tourism potential of the Cocohatchee watershed. It runs from Delnor Wiggins Pass, under Vanderbilt Beach Road, crosses U.S. 41 to Immokalee Road where it connects to a drainage canal from Golden Gate. FGCU associate professor of Environmental Studies, John Fitch, says it’s extensive and interesting watershed.
He spoke with WGCU's Amy Tardif.

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