The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported March 8 the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected statewide over the past week.
The FWC uses satellite imagery to help track nearshore and offshore conditions.
For more information, go to myfwc.com.
Meanwhile, the nonprofit Suncoast Waterkeeper released water quality test results March 4 that show high “do-not-swim” levels of enterococci bacteria at the Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach and the north side of the Palma Sola Causeway, as well as Indian Beach in Sarasota.
“Take caution” levels of enterococci bacteria — bacteria that lives in the intestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals — were found at Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton and Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key.
For more information, go to suncoastwaterkeeper.org.