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The local guys down here are recommending people stay off the beach from Surfside to the MOB until this clears up.
September 22, 2011
Red tide has been confirmed from San Luis Pass to the Brazos River (along the gulf side), where dead mullet and hardhead catfish have washed ashore and beachgoers are experiencing respiratory irritation due to the aerosols. High concentrations of Karenia brevis cells have been found in samples collected from Surfside beach, the ICWW near the Brazos River locks and the old Brazos River/Dow barge canal.
The Texas Department of State Health Services collected water samples from the Port Aransas jetties, Lydia Ann Channel at the Lighthouse, Packery Channel boat ramp, and the ICWW at Dead Man’s Hole Channel. No K. brevis was found in any of the samples. TAMU's Imaging Flow CytoBot found very low concentrations of K. brevis in its samples.
Further south, Kills and Spills staff investigated the ongoing fish kill in San Martin Lake, which is mostly comprised of striped mullet, spotted seatrout, gulf toadfish and sheepshead. The Bahia Grande fish kill is comprised of mostly striped mullet. No K. brevis was found in samples collected from the Arroyo Colorado or the South Padre Island Convention Center; low concentrations were found in the Lower Laguna Madre, South Bay, the Brownsville Ship Channel at the Y, the UT-Pan American Coastal Studies Lab, the Isla Blanca park boat ramp, and the Brazos-Santiago Pass north jetty. Moderate cell concentrations were found in the Brownsville Ship Channel near the Shrimp Basin.
Water samples collected this week from the Gulf of Mexico offshore of Matagorda Bay, Aransas Bay and South Padre Island yielded no K. brevis.
September 22, 2011
Red tide has been confirmed from San Luis Pass to the Brazos River (along the gulf side), where dead mullet and hardhead catfish have washed ashore and beachgoers are experiencing respiratory irritation due to the aerosols. High concentrations of Karenia brevis cells have been found in samples collected from Surfside beach, the ICWW near the Brazos River locks and the old Brazos River/Dow barge canal.
The Texas Department of State Health Services collected water samples from the Port Aransas jetties, Lydia Ann Channel at the Lighthouse, Packery Channel boat ramp, and the ICWW at Dead Man’s Hole Channel. No K. brevis was found in any of the samples. TAMU's Imaging Flow CytoBot found very low concentrations of K. brevis in its samples.
Further south, Kills and Spills staff investigated the ongoing fish kill in San Martin Lake, which is mostly comprised of striped mullet, spotted seatrout, gulf toadfish and sheepshead. The Bahia Grande fish kill is comprised of mostly striped mullet. No K. brevis was found in samples collected from the Arroyo Colorado or the South Padre Island Convention Center; low concentrations were found in the Lower Laguna Madre, South Bay, the Brownsville Ship Channel at the Y, the UT-Pan American Coastal Studies Lab, the Isla Blanca park boat ramp, and the Brazos-Santiago Pass north jetty. Moderate cell concentrations were found in the Brownsville Ship Channel near the Shrimp Basin.
Water samples collected this week from the Gulf of Mexico offshore of Matagorda Bay, Aransas Bay and South Padre Island yielded no K. brevis.
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