Red Tide

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The only reported sighting of red tide was in Sarasota Bay.

Blooms were found to the north and south of the greater Tampa Bay region, as well as the Florida Panhandle.

This past week, high concentrations of red tide only went as far north as Pinellas County. But this week, those levels have been detected all the way up in the Panhandle.

A report released Friday shows that red tide continues to creep northward along Florida's Gulf Coast, clear up the Florida Panhandle to Navarre Pier, near Pensacola.

Red tide has persisted for months in what has been an unusually long season for the algae bloom. But we may not even be close to the end of the season.

Red tide continues to worsen along the Gulf beaches, especially off Pinellas County.

High concentrations of red tide were found off Pinellas and Sarasota counties; medium concentrations are being found once again in Tampa Bay.

Karenia Brevis, the tiny organism responsible for red tide, feeds on chemicals like nitrogen and phosphorus. Those nutrients make their way into coastal waters from stormwater runoff that often flows out of retention ponds.

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