Shark Fishing Banned
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Associated Press
Published: Tue, November 20, 2007 - 4:05 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 4:10 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 4:10 pm
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - State officials for the second time
this fall are warning people with respiratory problems to stay away
from the water at Alabama's beaches after detecting elevated levels
of the organism that causes red tide.
Concentrations are high enough to trigger respiratory distress
and kill fish even though they are considered low to medium.
Bill Smith, a lab manager with the state Department of Public
Health, told the Press-Register in a story today that water samples
collected along Baldwin County on Sunday showed concentrations of
the microscopic dinoflagellate. The organism reached 170,000 cells
per liter of water at Gulf Shores main public beach and the Bon
Secour National Wildlife Refuge. It reached 240,000 cells at Fort
Morgan.
Fish kills and a noticeable discoloration of water typically
occur when levels exceed 1 million cells per liter.
State officials believe the dinoflagellates along Alabama's
coast floated over from Florida and they will disperse when the
weather changes.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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