Taylor coast threatened by red tide?

Posted on September 24, 2014

A substantial fish kill believed to be associated with red tide continues in the offshore waters off the Taylor County coast.

Satellite images from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida (USF) show a surface bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, approximately 5 to 35 miles offshore, dependent on location, between Taylor and Pasco counties, and less than 3 miles offshore of Cedar Key (Levy County). Concentrations of the red tide organism in these areas range from background to medium.

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