Red tide heads south

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Herald-Tribune.com - 2/15/13, J. David McSwane

A beachgoer walks past piles of dead mullet near Blind Pass Beach on Manasota Key in December.

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SARASOTA - The large red tide bloom looming off the coast of south Sarasota county, which led to large fish kills in the region last month, is headed farther south.

Medium to high concentrations of the algae that cause red tide are still being reported in South County, with higher concentrations lingering offshore of Charlotte and Lee counties.

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