NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute Awarded $10,000 from Protect Our Reefs Plates Program

NCRI Executive Director and NSU OC Dean Dr. Richard Dodge accepting the “Protect Our Reefs” award from Dr. David Vaughn of Mote Marine Laboratory in Key West, February 11th 2006.

The National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) at NSU’s Oceanographic Center has been selected for an award in the amount of $10,000 from the “Protect Our Reefs” program funded by the sale of the coral reef specialty license plate (as seen in photo above) and administered by Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc.  The funding from the “Protect Our Reefs” License Plate Program will help sponsor the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in 2008 at the Broward County Convention Center.