Sanibel & Captiva Islands Red Tide Report, 8-23-14: No Red Tide
No Red Tide Near Sanibel & Captiva, 8-23-14
Here’s our weekly update …
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission released their updated red tide report yesterday.
It is a good report again this week. At this time there are no red tide conditions anywhere near Sanibel & Captiva Islands.
Here’s a summary according FWCC:
“A large offshore bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, has been detected this month in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida showed a patchy bloom at least 20 miles offshore between Dixie and northern Pinellas counties in northwest and southwest Florida. FWC’s Fish Kill Hotline has received numerous reports of a widespread fish kill.”
For more information, see the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Site.
