![]() Residents living in beach areas are advised to close windows and run the air conditioner (making sure that the A/C filter is maintained according to manufacturer's specifications).Keep pets and livestock away from water, sea foam and dead sea life.If fish are healthy, rinse fillets with tap or bottled water and throw out the guts. Do not harvest or eat molluscan shellfish and distressed or dead fish from this location.If you have chronic respiratory problems, be careful and consider staying away from this location as red tide can affect your breathing.Do not swim around dead fish at this location.If symptoms do not subside, please contact your health care provider for evaluation. Health officials recommend that people experiencing these symptoms stay away from beach areas or go into an air-conditioned space. Usually symptoms go away when a person leaves the area or goes indoors. Some individuals with breathing problems such as asthma might experience more severe symptoms. Some people may have mild and short-lived respiratory symptoms such as eye, nose, and throat irritation similar to cold symptoms. The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County (DOH-Pinellas) is notifying the public of a Red Tide bloom along Pinellas coastal beaches. NOAA's re spiratory forecast tool can be found at - (the map takes a bit to load).Pete/Clearwater posts current beach conditions on their webpage at. You can find Red Tide Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at this link. ![]() The Indian Shores' Red Tide webpage and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) webpage has links to current information on red tide.The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Pinellas County and other local agencies are monitoring the bloom but cannot predict how long it will last. ![]()
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