Aquaticus Plants

05/15/2024

05/14/2024

We will keep growing quality plants to be planted in Lake Apopka!

It was once considered Florida's most polluted lake.

01/30/2024

11/30/2023

11/28/2023

Staff from AquaTech Eco Consultants and Aquaticus Plants spent a few hours this afternoon sorting on Feeding Tampa Bay. We are blessed to be able to help out and give back a little to help others.

10/30/2023

In response to last week’s Mayor’s Corner article which stated, “McCamy also said that he and his office continue to press TVA regarding solutions for the Tennessee River grass. McCamy stated that the issues have an impact on access to the river and on tourism,” The Clarion was contacted by ...

10/30/2023

Long after the oysters are gone, their shells help protect the marine environment. “Once you shuck ‘em, don’t just chuck ‘em!"

10/18/2023

“I grew up in this bay. I want this bay to come back. I want to go back to harvesting.”

09/15/2023

3:30 pm every day my seagrass in my office makes O2 and sequesters carbon and it is clearly visible. Let’s continue to talk about why the water is getting hotter and the coral is dying.

05/30/2023

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently

04/19/2023

Little Black Book, Ketchum teams up with UNIT9 and director Tom Brown to launch a Hollywood-style trailer for the unsung hero that is seagrass

04/13/2023

Charley Belcher visited AquaTechEco Consultants in Tampa.

04/11/2023

Tune in tomorrow morning on Fox 13 starting at 6:45am we will be doing Live segments with Charley Belcher on Good Day Tampa Bay for a few hours!

03/28/2023

02/14/2023

We continue to improve our facility and staff to accomplish restoration aquaculture as a means of reviving the Seagrass meadows statewide!

Jack Royer reports

01/07/2023

As we grow, we grow more plants!

The idea is to grow seagrass in large tanks on land and then transplant the seagrass into the lagoon.

09/18/2022

After receiving a grant to begin working on aquatic vegetation programs all over the state, I had to bring John and Beau on the show. These two gentleman are...

08/18/2022

Great to see this amazing creature released after surgery and rehab thanks to the amazing people Brevard Zoo!! We have been able to supply Turtle grass for Nephron to eat during rehab.

A young green sea turtle will go back to the ocean Thursday morning after five months of care, including surgery to remove fishing line from its intestines.

04/29/2022

We are excited to see the plants we grow being used in restoration projects!

Along the banks of the Loxahatchee River in Martin county, eelgrass restoration is underway.

04/19/2022

Happy to be growing these plants for future restoration efforts!

Manatees on Florida’s East Coast have been dying at alarming rates since 2020 because of starvation.

03/28/2022

Growing Aquatic Plant producer is looking for interns to help grow plants for use in aquatic restoration projects. Position will be responsible for tending to plants during grow out along with aquaculture facility maintenance.

03/15/2022

The funding will help the university start building the new facility on its St. Petersburg campus.

03/04/2022

There's a lot to check out in March! Including Seagrass Awareness Month and Dolphin Awareness Month. Our team has put together a lot of great information for us to share with you, so, make sure you check back each week.

Today, we kick things off with a look at and its importance to our area. We have more resources for you to check out at disl.edu/news.

03/02/2022

It was great talking with Dr. Grey Stafford regarding seagrass on his podcast.

Recent news reports of state and federal agencies taking the extraordinary step of providing supplemental feeding to starving wild manatees point to a larger problem, the decline of vital seagrass beds due to runoff, coastal development, and dredging. Seagrass not only supplies nourishment to turtle...

03/02/2022

Happy World Seagrass Day! Can't wait to see everyone in Annapolis, MD for ISBW14 and WSC20222!

02/01/2022

There are many reasons why restoring seagrass beds is important, but essentially, saving seagrass means saving the seas. Seagrasses are valuable habitats and an important climate buffer that could help mitigate some of the effects of climate change.