Red tide patches persist in local waters
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Patchy red tide lingers in local waters. These dead fish were caught in the mangroves of Lemon Bay Thursday.
ENGLEWOOD — The Gulf waters of Stump Pass Beach State Park and Englewood Beach appeared clear of the impacts of the toxic red tide algae Thursday.
But that wasn’t the case on Don Pedro Island and portions of Lemon Bay, according to reports from Don Pedro Island resident Ken Conner and Manasota Key resident Bill Dunson, a retired Penn State biology professor.