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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020
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TO FILLET More than 100 supporters took a trip to the aquaculture research park.
Sunday, Jan. 19, at Mote Aquaculture Research Park | Benefiting Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium HARRY SAYER BLACK TIE REPORTER
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Mote Aquaculture Research Park Director Kevan Main and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium President and CEO Michael P. Crosby
ote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium gave its Aquaculture Research Park a focus with the first Farm to Fillet luncheon Jan. 19. The new event had more than 100 Mote Marine supporters visiting the research park for a luncheon with food by Chef Paul Mattison. The guests were given a unique behind-the-scenes tour of the research park, which typically isn’t available for people to see. The 200-acre research park is devoted to developing new water filtration and animal husbandry techniques to replenish marine population numbers and combat overfishing. Guests sat down for a three-course meal and heard from the research park’s director, Kevan Main.
The program’s lunch was created by Chef Paul Mattison.
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Mark and Anne-Marie Micalizzi with Kim Adams Kristin Morgan, Mary Pat Radford, Heidi Anderson and Stephanie Kempton