News and Events

Please join the START-Englewood chapter for a community forum on coastal issues. The event will take place on Friday, February 8th, from 9-11 am at the Suncoast Auditorium in Englewood Hospital. Noted speakers include Dr. Brian LaPointe, of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, and Dr. Patricia Tester of NOAA.

The recently formed Marine Policy Institute at Mote Marine Laboratory has released it's first publication, An Assessment of Florida Red Tide: Causes, Consequences and Management Strategies.

Sarasota County passes a fertilizer ordinance to reduce coastal runoff and pollution. Learn more. Meanwhile, Manatee County aims to set example by treating county properties with slow-release fertilizers.

Mote Marine Laboratory seeks people with asthma to participate in a study on the health effects of red tide. Learn more.

NOAA awards $4.7 million grant to FWRI to study the role of nutrients in red tide. Learn more.

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Consult the current red tide status in your area:

 

FWRI- Current Status Statewide

    

Mote Marine Laboratory Beach Conditions

    

NOAA- HAB Forecasting System

    

Texas Parks and Wildlife

 

Learn more about HABs and Karenia brevis:


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute- The Harmful Algae Page

 

FWRI- HAB General Information

 

FL Dept. of Health- Aquatic Toxins Program

 

Red Tide Online

 

Our Gulf Environment
Sarasota County is dedicated to protecting the health of residents and visitors of through identification, education and regulation of environmental issues; promoting a safe and healthy coastal environment through management, monitoring, outreach and increased public awareness of environmental health issues impacting our coastal communities.

 

Exciting projects:
RED TIDE HIGH DEFINITION DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
By The Essential Image Source Foundation

Agricultural runoff. Global warming. Phosphate mine and lake overflow. Refuse from cruise ships. Over-fishing. Inadequate septic systems. Toxins. Industrial waste ...

From urbanization to fertilization: everyone has their own theory of what causes Florida’s red tide – called a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) by the scientists who are investigating it.

 

Check the current red tide status.