Mosquito Lagoon

Two Manatees swimming in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, near the Haulover Canal. September 9, 2006

Mosquito Lagoon is located in the northern part of the Indian River Lagoon system and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends from Ponce de León Inlet in Volusia County, Florida, to the north end of Merritt Island, and connects to the Indian River via the Haulover Canal. The Lagoon divides the city of New Smyrna Beach. It also runs next to the Canaveral National Seashore on Cape Canaveral and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The Kennedy Space Center is located on the lagoon as well.

Mosquito Lagoon is an acclaimed red drum fishing habitat and a well-known destination for birdwatchers and nature tours.

The Nature Conservancy is coordinating an oyster restoration project, developed by the University of Central Florida. The goal is to restore about 40 acres (160,000 m²) of oyster reef habitat within the Canaveral National Seashore.the Nature Conservancy - Indian River Lagoon

Winter, the bottlenose dolphin notable for her prosthetic tail (whose story was featured in the film Dolphin Tale was rescued from Mosquito Lagoon in December 2005. She plays herself again in the sequel, Dolphin Tale 2 to join with another dolphin named Hope.

In 2012, a brown tide bloom fouled the lagoon. The county has approval for funds to investigate this unusual bloom to see if future occurrences can be prevented.^[1]

Notes

↑ Waymer, Jim (April 25, 2013). "Panel approves $1.2 million in lagoon projects". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida). pp. 2B.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosquito Lagoon.

MacCalla, Scott (April 2004). "Mosquito Lagoon, Coppertown USA". Onshore-Offshore Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2011.

Coastal waters of Florida

Bays	Apalachicola Biscayne Blackwater Choctawhatchee East Escambia Estero Florida Palm Pensacola Perdido Ponce de Leon Sarasota St. Andrews Tampa Whitewater

Inlets	Baker's Haulover Blind Pass Captiva Pass Caxambus Pass Gasparilla Pass Hillsboro Lake Worth Matanzas Ponce de León Redfish Pass Sebastian South Lake Worth St. Lucie

Lagoons	Banana River Guana River Halifax River Indian River Lake Worth Marquesas Keys Matanzas River Mosquito Lagoon

See also	Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway List of Florida rivers

Coordinates: 28°45′03″N 80°45′01″W / 28.75083°N 80.75028°W / 28.75083; -80.75028

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