Dead fish, discolored water reported at several Pinellas beaches

by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff

Posted: Sep 15, 2018 / 01:08 PM EDT

Updated: Sep 15, 2018 / 05:50 PM EDT

Crews were out at several Pinellas County beaches on Saturday to remove dead fish that had washed up.

Pinellas County officials released the latest beach conditions report Saturday morning.

The report says “many” dead fish were found at Sand Key Park, Madeira Beach, Redington Beach, Ft. De Soto (Gulf side), St. Pete Beach, Clearwater Beach, Treasure Island and Pass-A-Grille. “Few” dead fish were found at Ft. De Soto (channel side), Redington Shores, Indian Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Belleair Shore and Belleair Beach.

Crews responded to Sand Key Park, Ft. De Soto and Clearwater Beach to clean up.

Officials also reported odors, irritation and discolored or cloudy water at several of the beaches.

Around noon, a spokesman for the City of Clearwater and Clearwater Beach tweeted that the water quality had improved and the beach was clear of fish kills.

#ClearwaterBeach noon update – Main beach clear of fish kills, water quality has improved w/ less odor and respiratory irritation.
Info on #RedTide situation:
VSPC: https://t.co/Nxf51hEYPA
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium: https://t.co/6iJXTxy7AY
FWC: https://t.co/cfJ8GEqwsP pic.twitter.com/5vGHbRnuWo— Jason Beisel (@JasonBeisel) September 15, 2018

Unfortunately #ClearwaterBeach is experiencing the impacts of #RedTide today, Sept. 15.
There’s some fish kills on and offshore W/ a slight odor. People are experiencing respiratory irritations as well. City crews are on-site working hard to get all the fish kills cleaned up. pic.twitter.com/LCleLKkoCl— Jason Beisel (@JasonBeisel) September 15, 2018