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We still haven't recovered from the red tide we had two years ago...this is not good..hope it stays out of the bay...another thing is the reds should be spawing in the pass to...not good news
Northwest Region: Water samples collected this week from northwest Florida detected medium concentrations of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism 2 to 19 miles west of the mouth of St. Andrews Bay (Bay County). K. brevis was also detected at background to very low concentrations in St. Joseph Bay (Gulf County). Reports of fish kills, discolored water and respiratory irritation have been received from the Panama City area and portions of Walton County. Respiratory irritation remains possible in areas with above background concentrations of K. brevis and fish kills are possible at concentrations above LOWb.
The forecast strong North winds should help keep it out
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Went out of Panama City Saturday, 10/6. Dead fish everywhere. The water was tea colored a few miles out but clear near shore. Didn't experience any discomfort so maybe the stuff is on the decline. Heard reports of dead grouper floating above structure a few miles out of the cut. I mostly saw dead bait and catfish. We headed east and the water cleared up as we neared Crooked Island. Nothing was biting. Don't think I would have kept anything if I'd caught it. FYI.
I remember seeing red tide in action in Tampa Bay a few years back there were so many floaters that the bay looked like it had white caps on a calm day
Can the algae travel up the rivers or does the out current prevent it from getting up there?
REGIONAL RED TIDE SUMMARIES (October 5)
East Region: A red tide bloom continues to impact the northeast Florida coast this week with concentrations of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, detected from Amelia Island (Nassau County) to Daytona Beach (Volusia County). Background to low concentrations of K. brevis remain present alongshore of Nassau and Duval counties. Southward movement of the bloom occurred this week transporting the area of highest concentration to St. Johns and Flagler counties resulting in numerous reports of fish kills and respiratory irritation. Low to medium concentrations have also been detected in Volusia County this week as far south as Daytona Beach. Additional samples collected in Brevard and Indian River counties contained no K. brevis. While red tide does not commonly occur in northeast Florida coastal waters, transport of K. brevis blooms from southwest Florida to Florida’s Atlantic coast has been previously documented. Respiratory irritation remains possible in areas with above background populations of K. brevis and fish kills are possible at concentrations greater than LOWb.
Northwest Region: Multiple reports of fish kills and respiratory irritation associated with Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism have been received this week from portions of Walton and Bay counties in northwest Florida. However, alongshore sampling conducted between Escambia and Bay counties has detected little or no K. brevis suggesting that the current bloom, while present, remains slightly offshore. Very low concentrations were detected at Destin Pass and background concentrations were detected near Miramar Beach (Walton County). All other samples, including those collected in and around St. Andrews and Choctawhatchee bays, contained no K. brevis. Offshore samples collected south of Shell Point (Wakulla County) also contained no K. brevis. Respiratory irritation remains possible in areas with above background concentrations of K. brevis and fish kills are possible at concentrations above LOWb.
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Friends returned from a weekend at Cape San Blas this weekend. He said there were millions of fish up to 30 yards from shore. He said he didn't see any trout or redfish but a few small flounder mixed in with millions of pinfish, gafftops, eels and some prehistoric looking things that looked like across between a lizard and an eel.
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