State OKs greenbacks to fight red tide

Gulf Coast businesses affected by the red tide outbreak can apply for emergency bridge loans.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 24, 2018
Red tide kills many types of aquatic life, like this puffer fish that washed up on Anna Maria Island during the red tide outbreak of 2005. Wikimedia Commons photo.
Red tide kills many types of aquatic life, like this puffer fish that washed up on Anna Maria Island during the red tide outbreak of 2005. Wikimedia Commons photo.
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Red tide has not only entered canals, coves and bays along the Gulf Coast — it’s also entered the national conversation, much to the detriment of Florida businesses that derive much of their revenue from tourism, fishing and other aquatic activities.

 

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