Heading to Florida Gulf Coast beaches for some R&R? There's a change in red tide levels
Red tide conditions around much of Southwest have improved after weeks of severe conditions, according to the most recent water samples from the Fi...
Red tide conditions around much of Southwest have improved after weeks of severe conditions, according to the most recent water samples from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Sarasota County's coastline saw the biggest drop in red tide levels in the region. The organism that causes red tide, Karenia brevis, was detected at very low levels in two water samples and one low level sample in Sarasota Bay. Seventeen other samples along the coast found that K. brevis was not present or at background levels.