It’s just around the corner! “Scallopalooza . . . It’s Clamtastic!” Sarasota Bay Watch’s 7th annual fundraiser for our community-driven bay scallop and southern hardshell clam restoration programs is September 23, 2017 at the gorgeous waterfront Sarasota Yacht Club. Former Sarasota County Commissioner and current Senior Vice President for Community Investment of the Gulf Coast [...]
Summer Fun – Protecting and Restoring the Bay Save The Date! September 23rd is our annual fundraiser: Scallopalooza, It’s Clamtastic! This is our sole funding event every year and it’s an evening of fun at the Sarasota Yacht Club. The generous donations and outpouring of community support are the fuel that keep our programs going [...]
While we keep our fingers crossed for scallops we are also starting Southern Hard Shell Clam restoration, with our first clam babies already growing in the hatchery. Clams grow more slowly and need up to 2 years to reach adult stage – so it will be late 2017 before they are ready to release into [...]
We’ve been on the water! Sarasota Bay Watch has been out on the water a lot recently. Again this year we’ve partnered with Mote Marine Laboratory to put adult scallops in cages in the bay, measure growth rates, clean barnacles, oysters and algae off the scallops and swap out clean cages when the old ones [...]
Sarasota Bay Watch has been extremely busy over the past weeks. We continue to grow our partnership with Venice’s Suncoast Reef Rovers via a series of diver-based underwater cleanups of Sharky’s Pier, the Venice Jetties, and most recently the Venice Moorings. Mayor John Holic even came out to cook food for divers and topside volunteers! [...]
A hearty sustainable seafood bonanza from Canadian chef Bertrand Alépée. Ingredients 12 oz. MSC certified halibut, cut in small to medium cubes ½ cup butter 1 stalk celery, diced 1 small onion, diced 1 yukon gold potato, diced ¼ tsp garlic, chopped ¼ tsp fresh thyme, chopped ¼ tsp fresh rosemary, chopped 1 cup fish [...]
It’s that time of the year! Our annual fundraiser, Scallopalooza, is just around the corner. Come out to the Sarasota Yacht Club on September 24th to show your support for community-driven efforts to protect and restore Sarasota Bay. Go to sarasotabaywatch.org for more information and to register. Sign up soon – last year there was [...]
