Red tide makes second area appearance this year
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Hugh Dinkler, a volunteer, assists Pam Bonsall with the Sarasota County Health Department collect water samples at Blind Pass and other public beaches after a fish kill and reports of red tide algae in the water Wednesday morning.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Sarasota County work crews gather up and remove the hundreds of mullet and other dead fish littering the public Blind Pass Beach on Manasota Key Thursday.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY PAULA KAYE
Despite warnings of red tide, dead mullet up and down Englewood Beach didnt seem to discourage crowds of beachgoers from exploring,
ENGLEWOOD — Don Pedro Island resident Ken Conner enjoyed another day in paradise Monday — but it didn’t last long.
By the afternoon, western winds blew dead fish and the irritating stench of red tide algae onto Englewood’s barrier islands.
