Report from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) as of November 9, 2007Note from OBA Editor: The FFWCC has by-weekly updates for Red Tide Information throughout Florida. This is the most up-to-date information we can find regarding Red Tides. While their reporting stops at the Florida-Alabama state line, the information contained in these reports will give us an idea of the conditions near Orange Beach.
FFWCC Report:
Water samples collected this week detected Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, alongshore between Escambia and Gulf counties at concentrations ranging from not present to high. Highest concentrations were detected 10 miles offshore of Perdido Key (Escambia County) and in St. Joseph Bay (Gulf County). Medium concentrations of K. brevis were detected in Garnier Bayou and at Destin Pass (Okaloosa County) as well as in St. Joseph Bay (Gulf County). Additional samples collected offshore of Franklin, Wakulla and Hernando counties contained no K. brevis. Discolored water was observed offshore of Escambia County. Fish kill reports have been received this week from Okaloosa and Walton counties.
The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute’s (FWRI) Red Tide Status Line, a recording detailing red tide conditions throughout the state, is now available to callers to hear a recording detailing red tide conditions throughout the state. FWRI updates the recording each Friday by 5 p.m. after sampling efforts for the week have been completed and analyzed. To hear the information, call the Red Tide Status Line at: (866) 300-9399 (toll-free inside Florida only); or (727) 552-2448 (outside Florida).
Bloom Boundary (alongshore): Background to high concentrations currently occurring between Escambia and Gulf counties.
| Karenia brevis Concentrations/Observations | Site Location* | Collector or Agency | |||
| Alongshore (<1> | Offshore | ||||
| Escambia – Santa Rosa Counties | |||||
| 11/07 | LOWa | -- | Perdido Key, state line | FDEP | |
| 11/05 | -- | HIGH | Perdido Key, 10 mi S of | ECR | |
| 11/07 | LOWa | -- | Big Lagoon, Grand Lagoon Yacht Club | FDEP | |
| 11/07 | VERY LOWb | -- | Pensacola Bay Bridge, S side | FDEP | |
| 11/05 | not present | -- | Escambia Bay (2) | FDACS | |
| 11/07 | VERY LOWb | -- | Pensacola Bay, Ft. Pickens | FDEP | |
| 11/07 | not present | -- | Casino Beach | FDEP | |
| 10/31** | not present | -- | Pensacola Beach Pier | FDEP | |
