Creating Monofilament Collectors to Help Save Dolphins from Entanglement Did you know that monofilament fishing line can take up to 600 years to decompose and that it takes even longer for braided fishing line? More than a decade ago, scientists from SDRP, along with Mote Marine Laboratory,
Dolphin conservation is a team effort — from working together to understand dolphins and their communities, to understanding and mitigating the risks they face around the world. Every year, we spend thousands of hours on the water gathering data about the status of the dolphins in Sarasota Bay, learning about the
Dolphin F249 Stats Name: F249 Sex: Female Born: 2011 A Dolphin's Life We first observed F249 as a young-of-the-year calf of F185. Since then, we've documented 117 sightings of her, including our most recent sighting in January. She seems to
Studying the Impacts of Plastics and Plastic Compounds in Sarasota Bay Dolphins The oceans are estimated to contain more than 170 trillion plastic particles — with more than 90% classified as microplastics less than 5mm (about the size of a pencil eraser). While impacts from marine life
Using Aerial Drones for Dolphin Research SDRP has a long history of taking to the skies to study dolphins. In the 1990s and early 2000s, a video camera suspended from a tethered blimp was used to get overhead behavioral records of dolphins and manatees. Today, given the sharp rise of
High-resolution data-loggers reveal fine-scale movement and foraging behavior of offshore dolphins “Bill,” an Atlantic spotted dolphin, with a satellite-linked tag on his dorsal fin and DTAG on his back upon release in September 2022. During offshore health assessments in September 2022, we deployed digital-acoustic archival tags (DTAGs) via suction cups on
