St. Pete's shoreline was besieged by dead fish, felled by Red Tide blooms. The sidewalk along at North Shore Park reeked of death today. Crews in yellow jumpsuits and tall rubber boots scooped dead fish off the top of the water with pool skimmers, put them into trash bags and loaded them into a dump truck. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Crews picked up 9 tons of dead fish in 24 hours. And even more float along the waters just offshore.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ While St. Pete has collected 15 tons of dead fish in the past 10 days, the city's emergency manager believes the 9 tons that recently washed ashore was blown in by Tropical Storm Elsa's winds.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Several high concentrations of Karenia brevis, which causes Red Tide blooms, also dot the shore.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Why? Read the latest at the link in our bio. Better understand this Red Tide bloom and more at tampabay.com/environment⁠⁠ Editor’s note: The quote card’s attribution should say Amber Boulding. ⁠⁠ ✍️ : Matt Cohen & 📷 : @abaderphoto & @dirkshadd / Tampa Bay Times