Fish kills and respiratory issues reported in Sarasota County on the latest FWC red tide report

 

 

 

Fish kills and respiratory issues reported in Sarasota County on the latest FWC red tide report

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

 

FWC

 

Current Conditions
The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in Southwest Florida. Over the past week, K. brevis was detected in 54 samples. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were observed in one sample each from Sarasota, Charlotte, and Collier counties. K. brevis was also observed at background concentrations in one sample from Northwest Florida. Additional details are provided below.

• In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in and offshore of Sarasota County (in 31 samples), very low to high concentrations in Charlotte County (in 4 samples), background to very low concentrations in and offshore of Lee County (in 12 samples) and background to medium concentrations in Collier County (in 6 samples). Samples from or offshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee counties did not contain red tide.
•  In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in Franklin County (in 1 sample).
• Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.

 

In Southwest Florida over the past week, a fish kill suspected to be related to red tide was reported in Sarasota County. For more details, please visit: https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/health/fish-kills-hotline/.

 

Respiratory irritation was reported over the past week in Southwest Florida in Sarasota County. For current information, please visit: https://visitbeaches.org/.