The 15 percent increase in red tides in Indian waters over the past decade parallels the Gulf of Mexico,

the Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Northwest or the Gulf of Maine

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i was able to find so$ethin% on $icrofil$ about a red tide in North .arolina in 1)/0 that resulted in the closure of 5),15- acres of shellfish waters it ori%inated in the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf Strea$ current carried it out around the peninsula of 1lorida up the coast where the estuaries in North .arolina caused the al%ae bloo$ in North .arolina 5- percent of the scallops were 2illed /- percent of the cla$ beds and 3- percent of the o'ster beds in state waters were closed it had a severe econo$ic i$pact on the entire coastal area, tac2le shops, $arinas, co$$ercial fisher$an a 1 0 $illion dollar loss to the cla$ and o'ster fisher$an 5--,--- to a $illion loss to scallop fisher$an 1 $illion loss in finfish sales it was the first ever recorded red tide north of 4ac2sonville 15 it expanded five ti$es throu%hout the inlets coastal rivers and sounds as the Marine 1isheries Service $onitored the $ove$ent a total of 3--,--5 acres were closed to the harvest of shellfish

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5ast Edit; , 'ears, 1- $onths a%o b' 4.lar2 <EP5= >#6TE <e; the effect of ?red tides? on shellfish waters partha 6115INE Medha Maharishi

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Posts; 5-) Aar$a; 3 Than2 'ou for 'our foru$ post in response to $' $essa%e to 'ou dated "ec ,- =ou had indicated the above briefl' in 'our repl' in the $essa%e section and had offered to co$e bac2 when 'ou had $ore leads It is %ood that 'ou chose the 1oru$ to do it, as it is now available to all Medhavis "o continue to post on the sa$e subBect whenever new data on 7$erican experience in al%al bloo$s beco$es available to 'ou In re%ard to India, the western seacoast has received the $ost of this pheno$enon The tre$endous chan%es in tidal patterns attributed a$on% other factors to %lobal war$in%, $a' create a chan%e in this selectivit' also 7n' %uesses9 <EP5= >#6TE <e; the effect of ?red tides? on shellfish waters , 'ears, 1- $onths a%o @0)1 partha 6115INE Medha Maharishi Posts; 5-) Aar$a; 3 Than2s in particular for addin% the na$es of a%encies that are able to predict occurrence of al%al bloo$s <EP5= >#6TE <e; the effect of ?red tides? on shellfish waters , 'ears, 1- $onths a%o @0)+ 4.lar2 6115INE Medha See2er Posts; 5 Aar$a; In 1lorida a%ricultural runoff is often the cause of al%ae bloo$s in the Ever%lades The tidal cree2s and estuaries have a natural level of nutrients The freshwater saltwater $ixin% $a2es the water brac2ish If it rains or the water that %ets diverted fro$ the far$ fields in !o$estead the nitrates in the fertiliCer for the to$atoes will cause an al%ae bloo$ or perhaps a red tide The out%oin% tide will pur%e itself rather Duic2 thou%h as the water e$pties into the Gulf or %ets carried oceanside

Even pi% far$s on the west coast of 1lorida in rain effect the nitrate levels in the water 7t the base of the river deltas flow into the Gulf the sa$e freshwater saltwater $ixin% is %oin% on as is the far$in% inland of the coast that so$eti$es up the nutrients in the water that result in red tides <EP5= >#6TE <e; the effect of ?red tides? on shellfish waters , 'ears, 1- $onths a%o @0)5 partha 6115INE Medha Maharishi Posts; 5-) Aar$a; 3 Than2 'ou, dear 4i$ The $echanis$ for the for$ation of the bloo$s see$s to be si$ilar in 1lorida %ulf coast and peninsular Indian west coast The control of the rich runoff is deter$ined b' whatever factor affects seawater $ove$ents towards the shore These have been chan%in% substantiall' of late