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This is what red tide on Anna Maria Island looks like

By Ryan Callihan

Updated August 11, 2018 12:22 PM

Anna Maria Island

Are red tide and its awful effects — the murky water, the respiratory irritations and most awful, all the dead fish — still slamming Anna Maria Island?

The photos and video tell the story.

The smell of #redtide is definitely in the air at Cortez Beach Saturday morning. And yes I’m coughing pic.twitter.com/sc1WwtlJNs
— Ryan Callihan (@RCCallihan) August 11, 2018

Water is a murky dark green on Cortez Beach thanks to #redtide pic.twitter.com/okiKapVQao
— Ryan Callihan (@RCCallihan) August 11, 2018

The water doesn’t seem to be washing in “fresh” dead fish but they’re still all over the place. #redtide pic.twitter.com/Ns7rpiE5jt
— Ryan Callihan (@RCCallihan) August 11, 2018

A pair of New Yorkers I spoke to said they would’ve cancelled their vacation plans if they had known #redtide was right across the street from their vacation housing. pic.twitter.com/Q3rNUSvRDI
— Ryan Callihan (@RCCallihan) August 11, 2018

What’s the fishing like out there? Fishing boat captain tells you https://t.co/kx2s2By6WI
— Bradenton Herald (@bradentonherald) August 10, 2018

#RedTide takes its toll on #AnnaMariaIsland #Florida pic.twitter.com/zMfugzJaCr
— Marc R. Masferrer (@MRMasferrer) August 11, 2018

On #AnnaMariaIsland Saturday morning with my wife as she does #seaturtle patrol Signs of #redtide everywhere: in the water, on the beach, in my eyes & throat pic.twitter.com/EHtiucui6g
— Marc R. Masferrer (@MRMasferrer) August 11, 2018

Another day of cleanup on #AnnaMariaIsland #RedTide @ManateeGov pic.twitter.com/KDOY7R3QzM
— Marc R. Masferrer (@MRMasferrer) August 11, 2018

This is Bradenton Beach... #fishkill #redtide #LakeOkeechobee #bigsugar #toxicalgae #RedTideRick #stopthewaterreleases pic.twitter.com/RkqI6V18vX
— Cindi Ferdi (@Cindi_Ferdi) August 11, 2018

What is causing Florida's #redtide crisis? @UF professor and @FloridaSeaGrant director Karl Havens answers five questions. https://t.co/xHhgbxDCUi via @ConversationUS pic.twitter.com/7G367hOvBo
— UF Research News (@UFExplore) August 11, 2018

Red tide has dumped thousands of dead fish on Anna Maria Island. Marc R. Masferrer mmasferrer@bradenton..com

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This story was originally published August 11, 2018 at 12:06 PM.

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