Last week, I was fortunate enough to be able to visit The Mote Aquaculture Research Park in eastern Sarasota, FL. The 200-acre aquaculture and research facility sits on a vast expanse of farmland in order to facilitate several buildings and greenhouses for various areas of research. Aquaculture is becoming an increasingly popular topic because as our world population is rapidly growing, scientists and farmers are expressing concern over how to produce enough protein and food
I ( Jillian) met Leann on the Bimini Biological Field Station’s ( Sharklab) Marquesas research and tagging expedition in 2004. Leann is based in New Jersey, where she is currently a science teacher for grades 6-12. She is a research assistant in the Fluid Dynamics Lab at NJIT, where she is studying Chondrichthyan egg cases. Leann will be representing our team throughout the tri-state area (NY-NJ-PA) with classroom visits and educational events. She will also be developing cur