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September 28, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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Red tide lessening

Today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that red tide decreased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the past week. Forecasters predict medium to hi…
September 24, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Red tide fish kill

New red tide funding for ‘weapons’

CITY ISLAND – Nearly $2.2 million in newly-allocated state funds will be used to develop weapons to fight red tide, not just study it, Mote Marine Laboratory CEO Dr. Michael Crosby announced today…
September 21, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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FWC: Red tide up

Today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that red tide increased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the week ending Friday, Sept. 21. Forecasters p…
September 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Red tide seagull

Red tide continues to increase

Red tide increased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the week ending Sept. 14, according to the latest report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and forecasters pr…
September 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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County addresses red tide

Red tide remains off Anna Maria Island, and undoubtedly will continue to return in the future, Charlie Hunsicker, director of the Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources department, told Manatee C…
September 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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Where’s Bortie?

Picking up the pace and moving ahead to 11th place from 12th in a field of 13, loggerhead sea turtle Bortie continues to swim off Everglades National Park in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s 11th Annual…
September 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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County approves $500,000 more for red tide beach cleanup

BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners unanimously voted on Sept. 11 to take another $500,000 from tourist tax funds and use it to remove dead fish killed by red tide from local beaches. Red tide…
September 13, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Red tide assistance available for businesses

Loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network are available to businesses whose customers are staying away because of red tide…
September 7, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Red tide cells

FWC: Red tide increasing

Red tide is increasing again in the Gulf of Mexico off Anna Maria Island, according to today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The Sept. 7 report shows tha…
September 7, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Red tide takes toll on marine life

Dolphins Red tide is suspected of killing 41 dolphins in August in Southwest Florida, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is the first “unusual mortality event” s…
August 31, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Red tide sunset

Red tide lessens

Red tide is lessening off Anna Maria Island, according to today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Red tide is a type of algae that emits a neurotoxin when…
August 28, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Red tide ‘flu’ nothing to sneeze at

Sore throats, coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath, headache, eye irritation, rashes – people on Anna Maria Island with some of these symptoms are complaining they have the “red tide flu.” Ther…
August 21, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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More Gulf waters leased for oil, gas

Twenty-nine companies bid more than $178 million for the leasing rights to explore and drill for oil and gas under 801,000 acres of the Gulf of Mexico at a lease sale on Aug. 15 in New Orleans. Th…
August 20, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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Where’s Bortie?

Loggerhead sea turtle Bortie has dropped to 11th place in a field of 13 contenders in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s 11th Annual Tour de Turtles. Lingering off the Florida Keys, she has traveled…
August 20, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Paul Barricklow

Mote working on ozone solution to red tide

CITY ISLAND – There may be a breath of fresh air on the red tide-stained horizon. Mote Marine Laboratory is testing ozone as a way to kill red tide algae and remove the toxins it produces from sea…