Riverview High Helps Mote's Scallop Project

More than 40 students at Riverview High School received training on how to build “baby” scallop collectors Nov. 12 for a local scallop restoration project being conducted by Mote Marine Laboratory and Sarasota Bay Watch.Mote and Sarasota Bay Watch are working together to restore scallop populations to naturally sustainable levels in Sarasota Bay, where they are currently depleted. Project partners recently released about 4 million scallop spat, or larvae, near Longboat Key, and they plan to release more in the near future. The team will monitor how many young scallops are settling to grow using the new collectors made at Riverview.The students, freshmen through seniors in Riverview’s Aquascience Program, built about 40 spat collectors and 40 juvenile-scallop collectors using mesh citrus bags, plastic hardware cloth, cable ties,

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