An extended bout of red tide along Florida’s west coast left beaches littered with dead fish in 2018, with clean-up efforts filling dumpsters including this one in Manatee County. Tiffany Tompkins ...
New data shows a significant concentration of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in Northwest Florida, with bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) found in two samples from Gulf County. This ...
Water samples collected along Florida’s Gulf Coast in early May 2026 have turned up low concentrations of Karenia brevis, the microscopic algae behind red tide, prompting state and federal agencies to ...