Sarasota Magazine

Filmmaker Wilson McCourtney Takes on Sharks, Red Tide and Florida’s Water Crisis in His Latest Documentary

From shark finning to red tide, Sarasota native McCourtney traces the environmental pressures reshaping the state’s waters.
The News-Press

Red tide blooms are most likely to occur during the fall. What are conditions like now?

Red tide is a toxic algae bloom that can be deadly to marine life and harmful to humans. Blooms typically occur in the fall but can happen at any time and last from a few days to several years. The ...
Sun Sentinel

Florida’s recurring red tides come with ever-increasing costs | Opinion

Every fall, coastal residents of Florida wait and wonder: Will the water stay clear, or will the red tide return? This harmful algal bloom, caused by the algae Karenia brevis, does not devastate our ...
WJHG

FWC says Gulf County’s red tide is an “anomaly”; expert explains the cause

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - An “anomaly,” that’s how Florida Fish and Wildlife experts are describing this year’s red tide in the Panhandle. “Typically blooms start in Southwest Florida, and so ...
WUFT

´Tis the Red Tide season; high levels in the Panhandle coast

It is not a bad start to the Red Tide season across western Florida, especially since no microorganisms have been detected in the southwest, where toxic algae blooms often occur during early fall. But ...