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Coastal News Today | FL - Tampa Bay loses 6,350 acres of seagrass over past two years

The numbers provided to the Hillsborough Environmental Protection Commission are worse than estimates in April.

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Tampa Bay loses 6,350 acres of seagrass over past two years

Tampa Bay loses 6,350 acres of seagrass over past two years
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Sarasota Bay losing vital seagrass, research shows

Sarasota Bay losing vital seagrass, research shows Patricia McKnight, Sarasota Herald-Tribune © David Tomasko, Executive Director Sarasota Bay Estuary Program “Lyngya-type” macroalgal bloom along the shoreline of Sarasota Bay – a common feature along the shoreline in Anna Maria Sound. The past two years have been especially brutal on seagrass populations in Southwest Florida waterways, seagrass mapping surveys show. Between 2018 and 2020, Sarasota Bay lost 18% of its seagrass, which equates to roughly 2,313 acres, according to preliminary research by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. It s a high percentage scientists haven t seen in decades. In 2018, we saw the second of two really wicked red tides, said David Tomasko, executive director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program. And that ride tide gave us the biggest single seagrass loss in 30 years.

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Tampa Bay lost 13 percent of its seagrass in two years, study shows

Tampa Bay lost 13 percent of its seagrass in two years, study shows Experts say reducing pollution that fuels algal blooms is critical. Â Â Manatee grass as seen last week off Bishop Harbor south of Port Manatee. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times ] Published Earlier today Tampa Bay lost about 13 percent of its seagrass in recent years, a survey shows, leaving the ecosystem short of a goal for building upon decades of environmental progress. Between 2018 and 2020, the bay saw an estimated decline of 5,411 acres of seagrass, according to reviews from the Southwest Florida Water Management District. âThatâs . less area for manatees to feed on, for fish to hide out and crabs to hide out in their early life stages,â said Maya Burke, assistant director of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, which announced the news this week. âThatâs not just noise.â

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