Red Tide still being seen in the Apalachicola Bay

Red tide is still being found in the Apalachicola Bay though in lower concentrations than a week ago.      

Red Tide is an organism that in large enough concentrations releases a neurotoxin that can kill fish and even affect humans with eye, nose and throat irritation.

According to the most recent red tide report from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission, red tide was found in background levels at green point, very low concentrations at Sikes Cut and Cat Point and low concentrations at west pass and 13 mile.

Red Tide is being found in medium concentrations around Indian Pass.

There are currently two areas of the bay that are closed because of red tide – Those areas are the conditionally approved winter west 2 area 1622 and the approved winter west area 1611.

The Department of Agriculture continues to take water samples from the closed areas – but say that even when the tests come back clean it will take some time to reopen the closed areas.

That’s because now the oyster meat itself has to be tested to make sure that there is no red tide toxin left in the oysters.

Red Tide was last seen in the Apalachicola Bay in high concentrations in 2005.

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