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Red Tide Status Update

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BRADENTON – Over the past week, red tide was detected in 157 samples along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations were present in 89 samples: two in and offshore of Pasco County, 24 in and offshore of Pinellas County, eight in Manatee County, 32 in and offshore of Sarasota County, six in Charlotte County, nine in Lee County, and eight in Collier County.
  • InSouthwest Floridaover the past week,K.breviswas observed at background to high concentrations in and offshore of Pinellas County, low to high concentrations in Manatee County, background to high concentrations in and offshore of Sarasota County, background to high concentrations in Charlotte County, background to high concentrations in Lee County, and very low to high concentrations in and offshore of Collier County.
  • InNorthwest Floridaover the past week,K.breviswas observed at background concentrations in Bay County, and low to medium concentrations in and offshore of Pasco County.
  • Along theFlorida East Coastover the past week,K.breviswas not observed.

Reports offish killssuspected to be related to red tidewere received along the Florida Gulf Coast over the past week from/offshore of Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, and Monroe counties.For more details, please visithttps://myfwc.com/research/ saltwater/health/fish-kills- hotline/andhttps://visitbeaches.org/.

Over the past week,respiratory irritationsuspected to be related to red tidewas reported along Florida’s Gulf Coast via the Beach Conditions Reporting System and/or the Fish Kill Hotline at multiple sites from/offshore of Pasco,Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, and Monroe counties.For recent and current information at individual beaches, please visithttps://visitbeaches.org/and for forecasts that use FWC and partner data, please visithttps://habforecast.gcoos.org/ .

Forecastsby theUSF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tidesfor southern Pasco County to northern Monroe County predict the variable movement of surface and subsurface waters over the next 3.5 days

The next status report will be issued on Wednesday, March 15th. Please check ourdaily sampling map, which can be accessed via the online status report on ourRed Tide Current Statuspage. For more information on algal blooms and water quality, please visitProtecting Florida Together.

This information, including maps and reports with additional details, is also available on theFWRI Red Tide website. The website also provides links toadditional informationrelated to the topic of Florida red tide including satellite imagery, experimental red tide forecasts, shellfish harvesting areas, the FWC Fish Kill Hotline, the Florida Poison Information Center (to report human health effects related to exposure to red tide), and other wildlife-related hotlines.

To learn more about various organisms that have been known to cause algal blooms in Florida waters, see the FWRI Red TideFlickrpage. Archived status maps can also be found on Flickr.

The FWRI HAB group in conjunction with Mote Marine Laboratory now have afacebookpage. Pleaselike our pageand learn interesting facts concerning red tide and other harmful algal blooms in Florida.



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