Petersburg for 15 years and has been fishing the waters of Tampa Bay for 40 years. Rafael Rios, seen in photo, has owned a charter fishing boat out of St. “2018 was one of the worst red tides we have had,” Rios said. In 2018, a massive red tide bloom along Florida’s southwestern coast killed 2,000 tons of marine life and caused $8 million in business losses. Manatee residents knew the threat was upon them about 10 days ago when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission placed signs along Frog Creek and other parts of the Terra Ceia Preserve State Park, warning of the dangers of blue green algae.Ī 2018 red tide bloom was ‘one of the worst’ Wastewater from Piney Point has Tampa Bay on edge for possible red tide, algae bloomīlue green algae have been blooming the past few weeks in the waters around Tampa Bay, including Sarasota Bay, the Intracoastal Waterway and Terra Ceia Island, which is located in Manatee County, due south of Tampa. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP) Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald/AP The pond where the leak was discovered is at the old Piney Point phosphate mine, sitting in a stack of phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer that is radioactive. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters. This photo taken by a drone shows the old Piney Point phosphate mine, Saturday, Apin Bradenton, Fla. Red tide is caused by the Karenia brevis species while a report issued to Manatee County commissioners recently identified the cyanobacteria Lyngbya as the cause for the local blue green algae outbreak. Red tide and blue algae come from different microorganisms. Petersburg for 15 years but said he has been fishing the waters of Tampa Bay for 30 years.
“I believe red tide is going to be here with us every summer,” said Rafael Rios, who has owned a charter fishing boat out of St. Many of those who make their living on the water are fairly sanguine about it. Whether they’re moving in for the summer or just teasing remains to be seen. And it causes major problems.īoth types of algae bloom are starting to make their presence known along some of southwestern Florida’s most beautiful shorelines. The colorfully named, obnoxious – and sometimes deadly – microorganisms known as red tide and blue green algae also take advantage of the change in temperature to proliferate. It’s not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer.
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