The board of directors of Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice recently approved a grant in the amount of $60,000 for the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.
Mote will be using the grant to study the environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast. Among the laboratory's efforts are a sampling of water, sediments, bottom dwelling organisms and sea grass, as well as the activation of underwater robots to test for oil from the Tampa Bay area down to the Florida Keys.
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