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One of the premier marine research institutions in the world, Mote Marine Laboratories, are broadly involved in many areas of sea life research. Based in Florida, their research programs include: 102 (32 Doctoral Level) Aquatic Toxicology, Benthic Ecology, Biomedical, Chemical Ecology, Chemical Fate and Effects, Coastal Resources, Coral Biology, Fisheries Enhancement and Aquaculture, Human and Ecological Health, Landscape Ecology, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation and Research, Microbiology, Phytoplankton Ecology, Sensory and Behavior Biology and Shark Biology.

As most of you already know, salt water is a pretty corrosive medium and the only type of pipe that has any degree of reliability in such an environment is PVC. With Genova's continual support to Mote Marine, our products are being used to pipe their research labs, their aquariums, and such exciting new projects as the aquaculture facility being built off Fruitville Road in Sarasota.

At this new facility, among other things, Mote is attempting to domesticate sturgeon. One of the principal products sturgeon produce is caviar, an extremely expensive commodity worldwide because sturgeon are not particularly plentiful. Unfortunately, an easy way to get sturgeon eggs (caviar) is to catch every one of them available and in developing countries as well as others, the high price of caviar acts as an incentive for local fishermen to unwittingly destroy the species. If Mote is able to domesticate sturgeon on a large scale (and they are well along with this), the resulting technology will offer very exciting potential.

In Mote's constant dedication to increasing the knowledge of mankind to live responsibly with, to better utilize, and to preserve the greatest remaining resource the Earth has left....... the sea, it hopes to make the world a better place. And in virtually all facets of this research, Genova pipes and fittings are playing an important role!