Conservation Archives - Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Receives $3.5 Million for Manatee Research and Rehabilitation Pools

Posted June 16, 2022

Florida Governor Desantis signed a record $109.9 billion budget including $3.5 million directed for manatee rehabilitation pools at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The funds are part of a record $20 million set to enhance and expand the State’s manatee acute care facilities and to restore spring access and habitat restoration in manatee concentrated areas.

Study Confirms Belizean Manatees Face Similar Fate to Florida Manatees, Death by Boat Strike

Posted June 14, 2022

Data collected by the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network found that collision with watercraft accounted for the main cause of manatee strandings over a 23-year period, from 1997 to 2019.

CMA Researcher Travels to Cuba in Effort to Save Manatee Calf

Posted March 30, 2022

CMA Researcher travels to Cuba in effort to save manatee calf.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Announces Manatee Survival Plan

Updated March 31, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022

CMA announces a three-phase manatee survival plan.

Grant Awarded for Sea Turtle Nesting Signage

Posted October 1, 2021

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) was fortunate to be funded in whole by a grant awarded from the Sea Turtle Grants Program, which is supported by a portion of revenues from Florida’s Sea Turtle Specialty License Plate.

Manatee Tracking – Juanita

Updated March 23, 2023 Posted June 29, 2021

In August of 2012, Juanita suffered more than 10 stab wounds as a small calf when she was rescued in the Bayahíbe area, in the southeast coast of Hispaniola island.

Manatee Tracking – Pepe

Updated March 23, 2023 Posted June 29, 2021

In October 2012, a small orphaned manatee was reported in the vicinity of the Haina River marina, in the Dominican capital.

Manatees in the Dominican Republic Get Help from Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute

Updated March 23, 2023 Posted June 28, 2021

Juanita, Pepe and Lupita are West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) that have set a record. They are the very first manatees to be successfully rescued, rehabilitated, released, and tracked in the Dominican Republic.