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Barris Harrell of Sarasota cleans up dead fish next to a condominium on Golden Gate Point, along the John Ringling Causeway in Sarasota on Wednesday. The fish are being loaded into a dump trailer and hauled to the landfill. Barris said having a respirator is a big help. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang] keyword: red tide

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Normally clear water at Turtle Beach appears brown on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. At high concentrations, red tide can cause the water to appear reddish or brown. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Dead fish are washed up along the shoreline at Bayfront Park in Sarasota on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. A persistent red tide algal bloom in the Gulf of Mexico has been killing fish in the bay since mid-June. Tuesday afternoon, the wind shifted from the southwest, carrying the odor of dead fish throughout Sarasota. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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A manual recount in the U.S. Senate race was conducted Friday morning by the Sarasota Canvassing Board at the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office. Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner, left, shows a ballot to official observers Barbara Katz, Justin Bloom, and canvassing board member Carolyn Mason, far right. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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The pilot of a small airplane opens a cockpit door to retrieve items after making an emergency landing in an empty lot at Tidewater Preserve in Bradenton. The pilot, 92, is a World War II veteran who flew B-24 bombers during the war. He was not injured and there was no damage to homes in the area. (June 8, 2015; Herald-Tribune staff photo by Mike Lang)

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Sophia Johnson, 6, talks to her mom, Kace Johnson, of Sarasota, Florida, after they finished filling ten sandbags with dirt provided by Sarasota County at the Newtown Estates Rec Center to prepare for Hurricane Irma. The Johnsons got the last ten sandbags Wednesday shortly after noon, before the county ran out of sandbags. The county had plenty of dirt, but people had to start bringing their own bags or containers. The county was expecting another delivery of sandbags on Thursday. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Fran and John Marshall of Osprey, Fla. carry some of their evacuation supplies from their car as they head into the disaster shelter at Riverview High in Sarasota, Fla. in advance of Hurricane Irma on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The Marshalls had checked into the shelter on Saturday. The shelter is full and closed to new evacuees. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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People stand in line for breakfast being served in the disaster shelter at Riverview High School in Sarasota, Fla. on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 in advance of Hurricane Irma. The shelter is full and closed to new evacuees. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Mickey Thompson removes a branch after Hurricane Irma blew a large banyan tree across Tremont St. on Siesta Key in Sarasota, Fla. blocking access to his home on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Former Booker High School athletes, from left; Derrick Saunders, class of '95; Johnny Baker, class of '95; Mike Hawthorne, class of '95 and Stan Roden, class of '02; work to remove a huge tree that had fallen across 22nd St. near Maple Ave. in Sarasota on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Seth Doss, left, and Marcus Ullom, both with Mon Power from West Virginia, move a coil of powerline at the FPL staging area at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Power restoration workers from across the country are converging on the area to help restore power to FPLs customers in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Firefighters Roosevelt Seegars, left, and Jacob Morrell, with the South Carolina Forestry Commission extinguish hotspots along the edge of a wildfire that burned more than 3500 acres east of North Port over the weekend. (May 15, 2017) [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Residents and friends remove a large, fallen banyan tree on Tremont St. on Siesta Key in Sarasota, Fla. after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang]

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Venice High students walked out of class and observed 17 minutes of silence in memory of the 17 students and teachers killed in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High one month ago. [Herald-Tribune staff photo by Mike Lang]