Red Tide

[John Jones]

To be honest, and I've either lived here or have been coming down here on vacation for 45 years now.  Never heard of it in this time of the year...

The bloom mentioned in this article started in Jan. 2005 and lasted 13 months in the south Tampa Bay area.  Killed all the fishing around Bradenton for a year afterward.  Time of year apparently doesn't matter.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/17/Tampa ... life.shtml

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... CA&cad=rja

[RickK]

John's red tide pick.

Some large fish  

[John Jones]

high bacteria levels aka "sewage" could also feed a red tide event

I say it's from too much manatee poo.

[seabob4]

high bacteria levels aka "sewage" could also feed a red tide event

I say it's from too much manatee poo.

X2

[John Jones]

The Karenia brevis bloom, documented yesterday via satellite images offshore of Sanibel Island (Lee County), is approximately 25 miles long and up to 10 miles wide.  Analysis of water samples confirmed the presence of K. brevis in Pine Island Sound, Placida Harbor and Charlotte Harbor (Charlotte and Lee counties) and low concentrations at Port Boca Grande (Lee County).   Karenia brevis was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota and Collier counties.  

http://myfwc.com/research/redtide/event ... e/#Midweek