Managing fish and wildlife resources for their long-term well-being and the benefit of people. (And home of the red tide tracker).

Research with a primary focus on investigating processes related to coastal and marine environments and societal implications related to natural hazards, resource sustainability, and environmental change.

Cutting-edge scientific research and restoration, environmental education and public outreach, as well as supporting and convening partners and stakeholders throughout the region to protect and restore water and other exceptional natural resources.

FAU Harbor Branch’s research community of approximately 200 ocean scientists, staff and students drives innovation in: marine science and engineering; conservation of coral reefs, studies of marine mammals and fisheries; marine drug discovery; estuarine and coastal ecology and observation; ocean dynamics and modeling; aquaculture and marine science education. 

Mote Marine is an independent, nonprofit marine research institution comprised of world-class marine scientists committed to the belief that the conservation and sustainable use of our oceans begins with research and education.

Everglades Trust, a political non-profit organization headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, is an organized group of citizens, businesses and community leaders who are committed to protecting the Everglades and three nationally important coastal estuaries. The Trust is a leader in the bi-partisan Now Or Neverglades movement focused on bringing the Everglades into the Florida political narrative.

The Everglades Coalition is an alliance of more than sixty local, state and national conservation and environmental organizations dedicated to full restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, from the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes into Lake Okeechobee and to the estuaries, through the River of Grass, out to Florida Bay and the Keys. 

The Clean Water Initiative of Florida is an advocacy group dedicated to preserving Florida’s natural resources through public education, awareness and policy change.

Captains for Clean Water is a grassroots 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that advocates for the elimination of harmful, large-scale Lake Okeechobee discharges into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River Estuaries by restoring the natural flow of Lake Okeechobee water south into the Everglades and Florida Bay.

Calusa Waterkeeper, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the Caloosahatchee River & Estuary, Lake Okeechobee, Nicodemus Slough, Charlotte Harbor, Estero Bay, the near-shore waters of Lee County, and their watersheds, through education and promotion of responsible use and enjoyment by all people

Bullsugar.org is dedicated to stopping the damaging discharges into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries and restoring the flow of clean freshwater to Florida Bay. 

In the Florida Keys and South Florida, BTT is working to determine and address the causes of declining fish populations. BTT has defined a series of research steps that will lead to actionable knowledge to improve the Keys flats fishery. We will advocate for those actions that will protect and restore the fishery and habitats. 

The latest information on harmful algae blooms in Florida, compiled by an editorial team consisting top Florida Sea Grant staff members. 

A history of Lake Okeechobee regulation schedules and an overview of the risks, constraints, and trade-offs that the Corps must consider when deciding to release flood water from the lake.

In collaboration with researchers from the University of Florida, Florida Sea Grant introduces an important and complex topic: how nutrients function in coastal aquatic systems and how human activities affect these natural cycles. Although a full explanation of nutrient dynamics is beyond the scope of the brochure, it does help understand and manage these important phenomena.

 A new project, supported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, seeks to test a bloom control technology that has not yet been used in the United States, but that is used elsewhere in the world. 

When we invest in America’s estuaries through the National Estuary Programs, we get cleaner water and thus minimize nutrient pollution that can worsen the frequency, duration, and extent of red tides and other harmful algal blooms in the future.