Red tide continues to linger along the Southwest Florida coast, with bloom concentrations detected in Manatee and Lee counties.
Over the past week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has detected the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in 35 water samples collected from Southwest Florida.
Bloom concentrations, which can cause fish kills and respiratory irritation, were found in three samples: one from Manatee County and two from Lee County…