If you have not become aware of it by now, ‘red tide’ is a naturally-occurring phenomenon in both salt and freshwater. A red tide takes place when algae flowers out of control, raising water temperature levels and producing chemicals that are damaging to people and marine wildlife.
In Florida, the most current red tide has actually eliminated a minimum of 15 lots of fish, in the St. Petersburg location. With water temperature levels skyrocketing– and thanks to the addition of more than 200 million gallons of commercial wastewater laced with fertilizer, which just aggravates natural red tides– there’s no end in sight for the fish eliminates.
Tarpon, snook, and other gamefish are cleaning up all over, and Florida authorities state there’s no end in sight to the carnage.
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