Thanks to some valuable help from local experts, START has produced a new PowerPoint presentation entitled “Red Tide & You”. The presentation is designed to answer the questions we heard from concerned citizens around the Sun Coast as we met with various groups during the recent devastating red tide bloom. 1.The five basic questions addressed [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background to very low concentrations in Southwest Florida and at background concentrations in Northwest Florida over the past week. Additional details are provided below. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in and offshore of Manatee County, [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected statewide over the past week. No fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were reported this week. No respiratory irritation suspected to be related to red tide was reported over the past week. Report courtesy of the Florida Fish [...]
The Ocean Conservancy recently released a report laying out what it will take to bring Florida’s coasts back from the brink. Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.. The organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science. Through several program areas, [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected over the past week. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not [...]
The political climate for undertaking long overdue infrastructure improvements that will reduce the nutrients that feed red tide in our waterways is the most favorable in recent memory. We all have to take advantage of it to ensure that encouraging promises are funded and acted upon. For START, this means meeting with leading federal, state [...]
Bloom concentrations of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persist on Florida’s Southwest, Northwest, and East coasts. Patchiness was observed in each area. Additional details are provided below. In Southwest Florida, relative to last week, K. brevis concentrations generally increased from northern Pinellas through Lee counties and decreased in parts of Collier and Monroe counties. [...]
