Algae -- United States
An outbreak of red tide is killing fish off the southwest Florida coast.
The Naples Daily News reports that fish kills have been reported off Lee County and in Florida Bay. The paper says numerous dead fish were spotted Sunday [8 Apr 2018] off a North Naples beach.
Red tide organisms grow naturally in the Gulf of Mexico. But high concentrations are harmful to wildlife and can cause respiratory problems in humans.
Typically, red tide season is from late summer to early fall. Not a lot
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5736289&promed&0
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