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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 |
FWRI deeply apppreciates its partners in manatee health and their many valuable research contributions.
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