No Red Tide Near Sanibel & Captiva, 8-30-14
Here are the current red tide conditions from yesterday’s 8-29-14 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission red tide report.
At this time there are no red tide conditions anywhere near Sanibel & Captiva Islands.
A patchy bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, has been detected this month in the northeast Gulf of Mexico offshore between Dixie and northern Pinellas counties. In other regions sampled this week along the Florida Gulf coast, only three samples contained background concentrations of K. brevis. No respiratory irritation or fish kills associated with this bloom have been observed alongshore or inshore of the west coast of Florida. Additional samples analyzed throughout Florida this week did not contain red tide.
For more information, see the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Site.
