Red Tide Report: No Red Tide Near Shore Of Sanibel & Captiva, 9-27-14
FWC’s statewide red tide report came out yesterday. There are no red tide conditions near Sanibel & Captiva. Some significant presence off the coast of Franklin, Citrus and Levy counties.
One offshore sample off Lee County contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Red Tide Summary (September 26, 2014)
“A patchy bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, continues in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida show a surface bloom starting approximately 5 to 35 miles offshore, dependent on location, between Franklin and Citrus counties, and less than 3 miles offshore of Cedar Key (Levy County).
Karenia brevis was not detected in or alongshore of Okaloosa, Franklin, Wakulla, or Taylor counties, or offshore of Escambia, Wakulla, or Taylor counties. No samples were analyzed this week from Santa Rosa, Walton, or Jefferson counties. One sample collected inshore of Bay, Gulf, and Lee counties, and one collected offshore of Pinellas County and one offshore of Lee County, each contained background concentrations of K. brevis. Additional samples analyzed throughout Florida this week did not contain Karenia brevis.”
For more information, please see yesterday’s 9-26-14 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission red tide report.
