The sight and smell of the dead fish left piled up on the sand by red tide are enough to keep a lot of people away from places that are usually crowded, like Bonita Beach Park.
From Sarasota down to Marco Island, every coastal community in the WINK News viewing area is seeing red tide.
There are medium to high concentrations in almost every part of Southwest Florida.
Dead fish appear on beaches in Naples. City crews spent Friday morning picking up the dead animals as red tide worsened in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) has issued a
Health Alert for the presence of red tide near Marco Island Beach and Barefoot Beach.
When you think red tide, dead fish probably come to mind, along with coughing and respiratory issues, but for one group, it’s the size and the science behind the algal blooms that matters.