The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today released its latest red tide status report, indicating the detection of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations in a single water sample collected from Northwest Florida’s Okaloosa County over the past week.
Despite this isolated finding, conditions appear clear across the state. Satellite imagery analyzing chlorophyll levels, provided by the University of South Florida (USF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NOAA NCCOS), shows no indications of elevated algal biomass in any region.
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The report offers encouraging news for the remainder of the state. In Southwest Florida, no K. brevis was observed in any samples collected over the past week.
Similarly, the Florida East Coast reported no presence of the red tide organism.
Furthermore, there were no reports of fish kills suspected to be related to red tide received by the FWC’s Fish Kill Hotline or partner organizations in the last week. No instances of respiratory irritation potentially linked to red tide were reported statewide.
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