A beachgoer walks past piles of dead mullet near Blind Pass Beach on Manasota Key on Thursday. Sarasota County officials are reporting increased levels of red tide.
Staff photo by Mike Lang
The smell of dead fish and irritating red-tide polluted air greeted beachgoers who wanted to relax at three public beaches this week.
Officials reported thousands of dead fish — mostly large mullet — piled up along the shore at Blind Pass and Manasota beaches in Sarasota County as well as Englewood Beach in Charlotte County.
The poisoned fish were being cleaned up Thursday as health officials warned of an increase in red tide at several other spots in southern Sarasota County.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20121227/ARTICLE/121229755/2416/NEWS?Title=Red-tide-kills-thousands-of-fish
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