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Florida Manatee Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release Reimbursement Program

The Oceanaria Reimbursement Assistance Program provides funds for permitted facilities that rescue, rehabilitate, and release and monitor Florida manatees.
The Oceanaria Reimbursement Assistance Program for rescued, rehabilitated, and released Florida manatees has been managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife  Research Institute since 2000. From July 1991 through June 1999, $400,000 per year was available to reimburse the three contracted and permitted manatee rehabilitation facilites in Florida: Lowry Park Zoo, Miami Seaquarium, and SeaWorld Florida. Effective July 2000, the Florida Legislature modified this program and increased the program appropriation for the previous fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years to $1.15 million dollars and transferred management of the program to the Institute. The table below contains information for previous fiscal years.

LOWRY PARK ZOO
Year Submitted Received % Funded Manatee Days Animals Treated
7/1/06 - 6/30/07 $748,075.73 $355,769.30 48 2399 25
7/1/05 - 6/30/06 $626,455.61 $335,843.20 54 2287 21
7/1/04 - 6/30/05 $546,838.77 $370,232.93 68 1990 16
7/1/03 - 6/30/04 $461,639.04 $301,556.19 65 1396 15
7/1/02 - 6/30/03 $499,542.15 $380,951.10 76 2169 22
7/1/01 - 6/30/02 $877,349.42 $355,922.08 41 1628 16


SEA WORLD
Year Submitted Received % Funded Manatee Days Animals Treated
7/1/06 - 6/30/07 $841,680.20 $517,523.81 61 2441 25
7/1/05 - 6/30/06 $954.154.21 $593,454.25 62 4025 33
7/1/04 - 6/30/05 $764,640.00 $510,177.65 67 1943 18
7/1/03 - 6/30/04 $686,017.54 $613,302.11 89 1549 27
7/1/02 - 6/30/03 $703,177.87 $629,342.99 89 2413 21
7/1/01 - 6/30/02 $523,478.00 $483,799.00 92 2788 21


MIAMI SEA AQUARIUM
Year Submitted Received % Funded Manatee Days Animals Treated
7/1/06 - 6/30/07 $404,571.74 $276,706.90 68 2098 10
7/1/05 - 6/30/06 $303,574.21 $220,702.55 72 1565 12
7/1/04 - 6/30/05 $319,372.52 $269,589.41 84 1251 10
7/1/03 - 6/30/04 $315,904.41 $235,116.29 74 1045 7
7/1/02 - 6/30/03 $162,740.19 $139,639.99 86 780 3
7/1/01 - 6/30/02 $233,723.00 $233,722.57 100 763 7

FMRI deeply apppreciates its Partners in Manatee Health Research and their many valuable research contributions.


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