William R. and Lenore Mote International Symposium in Fisheries Ecology

Symposium Location

The symposium will be held at the Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida.

Hotel and Travel Reservations

Flights can be arranged through your preferred travel agent or through Adventures in Travel here in Tallahassee. Call 800-541-6899 or 850-385-3366 (ask for the Florida State University office) or e-mail Bill Duzinski at bduzinski@adventuresintravel.com. Although you can fly directly into the Sarasota-Bradenton airport, travel is more economical into the Tampa International Airport, 30 miles away.

Several taxi and limousine services offer transport between Tampa and Sarasota. Examples are Five Star Airport Service (http://www.fivestarairportservice.com/), November Limousine (http://www.novemberlimousine.com/), Primetime Limousines (http://www.primetime4u.com/), and the more economical Sarasota-Tampa Express (http://www.stexps.com/).

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Lido Beach Resort, 700 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34236 (telephone, 800-441-2113 or 941-388-2161; fax, 941-388-3175). Please be certain to specify that you are attending the FSU-Mote Fisheries Conference when making your reservations. The conference room rate is $127.00 plus tax per night ("deluxe guest room," single or double occupancy). Those choosing more expensive room options will need to cover the extra costs themselves.

A second accommodation possibility is the nearby Helmsley Sandcastle, 1540 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34236 (telephone 941-388-2181). The Helmsley Sandcastle makes rooms available for Mote symposium participants at $89 plus tax per night). The symposium shuttle will depart from the Lido Beach Resort, so participants who stay at the Helmsley would have to walk there (about half a kilometer) to catch it.

The $400 registration fee (waived for invited speakers) includes continental breakfasts, an early-check-in reception on 10 November at the Lido Beach Resort, a reception on 11 November, and a dinner banquet at the Mote laboratory on 13 November, during which the Young Investigator Awards will be given for the best talk and best poster. Per diem for invited speakers is provided only for meals not included in the program.

If you have any questions, please contact us (telephone, 850-697-4111; fax, 850-697-3822; e-mail, coleman@bio.fsu.edu).

The William R. and Lenore Mote Eminent Scholar Chair in Fisheries Ecology

More information about the Mote Eminent Scholar Chair is available at http://www.bio.fsu.edu/mote/mote.html