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Lacking Leadership from State, Locales make their own laws
Lacking leadership and legislation from the State of Florida, many townships cities and counties are making their own laws banning or partially banning the use of fertilizer. The latest legislation to be enacted is from Lee county. Sounds like good news right? Sure it is. However the fertilizers that the homeowners in coastal communities aren’t [...]
Continue reading...FWRI reports on Large Florida Algae Bloom
16 May 2009
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itizens and visitors have been using the report red tide (thanks!) page to tell us about what they thought was a large red tide bloom along the east coast of Florida. Well Florida's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute begs to differ.
Continue reading...Myakka River Fish Kill – Red Tide
11 May 2009
Sometimes I regret not going with my instinct. When I first heard about a fish kill in the Myakka river, and realized that it was right after a moderate rain, my instinct said red tide or blue green algae was to blame. I pass by the Myakka river frequently in my travels and I had [...]
Continue reading...Lee County is Catching On . . .
4 May 2009
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It looks like Lee County is not only learning how to prevent red tide, but is also learning that all they have to do is try and they’ll make a difference. They’ve recently enacted legislation which while poorly written and still not very effective, will make a difference. Here’s some of the points the legislation [...]
Continue reading...Another Worthless Red Tide Study from Mote Marine
22 February 2009
Sarasota FL – Mote Marine recently concluded a 4 year long study that shows: Red tide harms birds and sea turtles. Sea turtles take longer to be rehabilitated from red tide exposure than birds. Yup, that’s it. That took them 4 years and God only knows how much of the money that was granted for [...]
Continue reading...Oceanic Research provides a little insight into red tide?
21 February 2009
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I’m not sure how helpful this is but some researchers have discovered that sometimes plankton, algae and other microbes get trapped between layers of ocean water moving in different directions. Read the full article: red tide research story Link to this post!
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17 May 2009
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