Red tide algae thickens off area beaches
PHOTO PROVIDED BY FWC
This aerial photograph shows only a portion of a 35-mile-long red tide algae bloom from southern Sarasota County to northern Collier County that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission researchers have been tracking. The effects of the toxic algae is being felt on Englewood's barrier islands.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY KEN CONNER
Dead pinfish and others have washed up on Englewood's barrier islands since Sunday, along with other signs of red tide. Don Pedro Island resident Ken Conner said the effects of red tide were strengthening Tuesday.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herad.com
Only a handful of people enjoy a day at Englewood Beach Tuesday, and those that did go to the beach endured the telltale scent of red tide in the air that was "moderately annoying," one beach patron said.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY KEN CONNER
PHOTO PROVIDED BY KEN CONNER
FILE PHOTO PROVIDED BY FWC
This aerial photograph shows only a portion of a 35-mile-long red tide algal bloom from southern Sarasota County to northern Collier County that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission researchers were tracking in early October. The effects of the toxic algae were felt on Englewood's barrier islands.
ENGLEWOOD — An overcast sky Tuesday may have kept away beach patrons, but those who were on the beach caught the odor of red tide.
Red tide algae concentrations are thickening in Gulf waters off Englewood and Charlotte County, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission researchers.
