Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Red Tide report

The latest... No samples have been collected so far this week on the east coast of Florida.
In northwest Florida, Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week along or offshore of Dixie County.
In southwest Florida, Karenia brevis was not detected in water samples collected this week in Charlotte Harbor (Charlotte and Lee counties), in Old Tampa Bay (Pinellas and Hillsborough counties), alongshore of Sarasota and Collier counties or offshore of the Florida Keys (Monroe County).
Sampling will continue this week, and complete results will be available in the next scheduled status report on Friday, May 6.

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