SRQ20 Logo
Sign In/Join

Lionfish Derby

Coconut Telegraph

SRQ DAILY

SATURDAY JUL 11, 2015 |

Join in on the fun at the Second Annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby. This exciting and environmentally beneficial event will be hosted by Mote Marine Laboratory, a world-class marine science institution, in cooperation with Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), which helps study and address the lionfish invasion and sanctions official Lionfish Derbies, and ZooKeeper, the Sarasota-based manufacturer of the leading lionfish containment unit used throughout invaded areas. Lionfish Derbies are an important way to harvest large numbers of this invasive species that has spread along the eastern Atlantic Coast. Derbies help divers harvest lionfish, provide public education, and present opportunities to taste the delicious lionfish for free. This year’s event is based at Mote, with a captains’ meeting on July 10, lionfish hunting July 11 in the beautiful Gulf of Mexico (between Collier and Escambia counties) and the lionfish weigh-in will be July 12 at the Sarasota Outboard Club next door to Mote. 

Mote Marine Lionfish Derby

« View The Saturday Jul 11, 2015 SRQ Daily Edition
« Back To SRQ Daily Archive

Read More

A Magical Evening | SRQ Magazine's Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

Photos from the SRQ Magazine Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

Jan 4, 2020

The Sexiest Show in Ballet

The Sarasota Ballet perform, for the first time, George Balanchine’s evocative and exotic Bugaku April 27-28. This remarkable ballet was a tribute by Balanchine to the refined elegance of Japanese music and dance, and during its world premiere renowned dance critic Anna Kissel

Apr 11, 2018

Families First Institute Offers Free, Public Courses to Strengthen Families

Children First, Sarasota County’s exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start programs serves more than 700 of the county’s most vulnerable children and their families each year, providing high-quality education, care, nutrition and family support services. Children First&rs

Apr 4, 2018

Give Gratitude, Grateful Patient Program

If you have been a patient at Sarasota Memorial, perhaps you can look back to when the care you received exceeded your expectations. Maybe it was kind words from a doctor or nurse, the patience of a technologist who took the time to explain a procedure, or a volunteer, housekeeper or food service

Jan 12, 2018