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Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit, marine research organization based on City Island in Sarasota, Florida, with additional campuses in eastern Sarasota County, Boca Grande, Florida, and the Florida Keys. Founded in 1955 by Eugenie Clark in Placida, Florida, it was known as the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory until 1967. The ...
At the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory, Clark worked with a local fisherman named Beryl Chadwick, who was experienced in catching sharks. Chadwick was Clark's only assistant at the time of the lab's founding. The lab's first request for shark research came from John H. Hellen, director of the New England Institute for Medical Research. [8]
After receiving her Ph.D. in 1966, Earle spent a year as a research fellow at Harvard, then returned to Florida as the resident director of the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory. [14] Earle was a research associate at the University of California, Berkeley (1969–1981).
Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic Site†⁕⁑ More images: 1702 N. 13th St. West Columbia: Brazoria: THC Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site: More images: 23400 Park Road 12: Washington: Washington
The Cape Haze Pioneer Trail was later built on the right of way between western Port Charlotte and Placida in the mid-2000s. The most substantial remnant of the line is the historic Boca Grande passenger depot at Park and 4th Streets, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Aymar, Brandt (1967). A pictorial treasury of the marine museums of the world.New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. OCLC 1303121. Howe, Hartley Edward (1987).
Perry Webster Gilbert (December 1, 1912 – October 15, 2000) was a professor at Cornell University, shark scientist, and former Director of Mote Marine Laboratory.He pioneered the capture and study of live sharks and for several decades was considered one of the world's foremost experts on shark anatomy and behavior.
On January 1, 2008, the site was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission, [5] which operates it as a state historic site open to the public. The site features a museum, interpretive trails, a statue of Stephen F. Austin, a replica log cabin, the 1847 Josey Store and relevant historical markers ...