Friday, August 9, 2019

Provided by: Collier County Pollution Control

Current conditions: Below are the most recent red tide results. No dead fish or respiratory irritation are being reported. Samples were not collected by Department of Health until August 7^th due to inclement weather.

Forecast: No red tide impacts are expected at this time.

The next sample collection will be Monday, August 12, 2019. Results should be available late Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

To report dead fish or red tide symptoms, please call Collier County Pollution Control at (239) 252-2502 or email [email protected]. To speak to a health professional regarding red tide symptoms call the Florida Poison Information Center toll free at 1-800-222-1222.

Collier County Red Tide Updates are also available on the Red Tide Hotline at (239) 252-2591. This is an automated recording with the most recent Red Tide information for Collier County available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Visit www.colliergov.net/redtideupdate for more red tide information.

To access the state red tide sampling map, please visit http://myfwc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=87162eec3eb846218cec711d16462a72

Collier County Red Tide Update
Sample Date	Location	*Results	Sampling Agency
8/7/2019	Barefoot Beach	NOT PRESENT	Dept of Health
8/7/2019	Vanderbilt Beach	NOT PRESENT	Dept of Health
8/7/2019	Seagate Beach	NOT PRESENT	Dept of Health
8/7/2019	Naples Pier	NOT PRESENT	Dept of Health
8/7/2019	South Marco Beach	NOT PRESENT	Dept of Health

*KEY TO RED TIDE LEVELS-Table provided by Florida Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
Description	Karenia brevis cells/L	Possible Effects (Karenia brevis only)
NOT PRESENT - BACKGROUND	0 - 1,000	None anticipated
VERY LOW	>1,000 - 10,000	Possible respiratory irritation; shellfish harvesting closures ≥ 5,000 cells/L
LOW	>10,000 - 100,000	Respiratory irritation; possible fish kills and bloom chlorophyll probably detected by satellites at upper range
MEDIUM	>100,000 - 1,000,000	Respiratory irritation and probable fish kills
HIGH	>1,000,000	As above plus discoloration

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