Charting the Course: Announcing FLRACEP’s Next Decade-Long Strategy for Gulf Resilience The Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program (FLRACEP), hosted at the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), recently finalized a new 10-year Strategic Plan to support a resilient Gulf environment and economy. The next decade of Centers of Excellence projects will focus on research...Read More

By Matthew Cimitile, USF University Communications and Marketing After housing more than 5,000 rescued corals for three months due to unprecedented water temperatures that caused a massive coral bleaching event off the coast of Florida, the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s (FIO) Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) is now ready to return corals to the sea. FIO is hosted by the University of...Read More

By Matthew Cimitile, USF University Communications and Marketing As unprecedented heat waves and escalating water temperatures in South Florida create a massive coral bleaching event, the University of South Florida (USF) and Florida Institute of Oceanography’s (FIO) Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) are quickly stepping in to house thousands of coral in an attempt to save them. Currently,...Read More

Florida Representatives and City of St. Petersburg Leadership join Office of Naval Research Leadership, Mayor Ken Welch, USF President Law and Dr. Monty Graham to welcome the R/V Western Flyer to St. Petersburg after Wednesday’s Welcome Ceremony. Photo credit: Cliff McBride ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 12, 2023) – After a 4,000-mile journey, a 117-foot twin-hulled...Read More

An Ocean Hero, A Mentor to so Many, A Friend to All Posted in partnership with the USF College of Marine Science We are sad about the passing of Dr. John Ogden.  He died peacefully on Monday, June 25, 2023. Please read more about this great human being and his tremendous legacy as described in...Read More

The Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program (FLRACEP), hosted at the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), will award over $2.8M in funding to researchers in the state to support a resilient Gulf environment and economy. The Centers of Excellence projects will focus on the impacts of restoration work along the Florida Gulf coast, with...Read More

The Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program (FLRACEP), hosted at the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) recently awarded researchers $1.2 million to continue ground-breaking research on long-term monitoring and technology advancement for fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. FLRACEP is providing additional funds to allow researchers access to FIO’s research vessels to conduct seasonal...Read More

Sponsored by the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), Honoring the Ocean is a new interdisciplinary, multi-institutional course for students who are getting an adventure of a lifetime.   Honoring the Ocean is a new interdisciplinary experiential program of the Honors Colleges of five institutions of the State University System (SUS) and sponsored by the Florida...Read More

In early January, researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) embarked on a five-day voyage aboard the R/V W.T. Hogarth, thanks to sponsored ship time courtesy of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO). It was the second collaborative response cruise set out to survey the impacts of Hurricane Ian...Read More

The Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) announces the election of Dr. James “Jim” Sullivan as its next Council Chair. Hosted by USF, FIO is state-wide consortium that serves as the state of Florida’s hub of oceanographic research and coastal stewardship and as an education and research resource for schools across the State University System (SUS)....Read More