The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is keeping tabs on a large bloom of Karenia brevis---the organism that causes red tide---in the Gulf of Mexico, where it has lingered for about a month. The recent event is decribed by experts as Florida's largest bloom in over a decade, and it could wash closer to shore in the coming weeks. The FWC has received numerous reports of a significant fish kill 10 to 15 miles off Dixie, Pasco, and Pinellas counties, including signs of respiratory irritation in fish. "It...
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