FloridaRed Tide

The third annual Sarasota Bay Scallop Count, organized by Sarasota Bay Watch, is complete and the results are in.  They aren’t good – The total number of scallops found: 0.  The  Great Bay Scallop Count, organized by Tampa Bay Watch also turned up disappointing number of scallops: 32. “Water Quality” is to blame by both [...]

Just published in the journal, Aquatic Toxicology, is a study by Dong-Ha Nam and colleagues on the effects of brevetoxins on sharks. Brevetoxins are the toxins that are released by organisms like Karenia Brevis, the organism that is behind Florida Red Tide. The conclusion? Brevetoxins modify the neurochemistry of shark brains, making them over-excited and [...]

22 Mile Long Oil Plume Proven Conclusively to Exist. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been tracking a a massive underwater oil plume since mid June. Those in power, denied it’s existence, so Woods Hole shifted funds from tracking it and finding others to proving it’s existence. It took over a month they have successfully proven [...]

Today officials are investigating a “massive” fish kill in Delaware Bay NJ. Tens of thousands of Menhaden (a type of herring used for fish oil and bait), have been washing ashore in Cape May NJ. Preliminary suspects are not red tide or any other toxic algal bloom. New Jersey’s State Department of Environmental Protection indicates [...]

Consistent increases in water pollution and water temperatures are causing an increasing amount of Algae blooms in coastal waters of Virginia. Chris Moore, a scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation also says the algae are especially plentiful in lower Chesapeake Bay bay and in the Hampton Roads area. Further Mr. Moore is quoted as saying: [...]

Some mysterious discolorations of water have been found in a recent flyover in the Gulf of Mexico, near GPS cordinates: GPS coords for discolorations: 29 46 58 … 89 02 11 The flyover by the National Wildlife Federation staff observed: . . . red streams on the surface of the water caught in a rip [...]