Rich Pierce Quotations

There are things that will kill red tide but we have to be careful we're not using something worse than red tide.

Mote's function is doing the research, not advocating which (method) can or cannot be used but which is most effective, and which has adverse effects on the environment.

START really gets the credit for helping us scientists focus on the mitigation of red tide, where before we were looking at effects. They have been very helpful in generating funding and getting us focused on that avenue.

With a new type of nozzle for applying the ozone under water, we can have a very efficient destruction of the cell and toxin without releasing the ozone into the atmosphere. So it looks very promising. It is going to affect any marine organism in the area, but with red tide there won't be much alive there.