PETERSBURG (CBSMiami) -- An unusually large bloom of toxic red tide is being blamed for a massive fish kill in Tampa Bay off the St. Petersburg shoreline including several giant Goliath Grouper.

A popular world-class fishing destination is in peril. An aggressive red tide bloom has left thousands of dead, expensive fish rotting on the sand.

A dead goliath grouper was photographed washed up on a St. Petersburg beach on Wednesday amid ongoing red tide woes in Pinellas County and other Tampa Bay beach communities.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Even some of the bigger fish in Tampa Bay may not be immune to the effects of red tide. Wendy Wesley captured a picture Wednesday of what appears to be a large goliath ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Center for Red Tide Research received $4.8 million in the current state budget.

Manatee, Goliath grouper, shorebirds and sea turtles all perished in droves that year in areas from Sarasota through Naples. Can red tide on Florida's west coast reach the state's east coast?

Florida to let people catch, kill goliath grouper for first time since 1990. ... City employees remove a dead goliath grouper from Red Tide-ravaged waters off St. Petersburg in July 2021.

Dead manatees, goliath grouper, sea turtles and thousands of other fish have washed ashore in Southwest Florida. Charter Captain Chris ONeill posted multiple videos on Facebook about the impact of ...

Wildlife officers are encountering animals like whale sharks, manatees, goliath grouper and more impacted by red tide's effects. Shocking scenes of beaches littered with dead fish and wildlife ...

A Goliath grouper and other fish are seen washed ashore the Sanibel causeway after dying in a red tide on August 1, 2018 in Sanibel, Florida. Photograph by Joe Raedle, Getty Images Red tide ...

Goliath grouper, dead dolphin, dead tarpon," one woman living in Coquina Key, Beth Moch explained. ... FWC's latest report shows there is red tide detected in different parts of Tampa Bay.

Manatee, Goliath grouper, shorebirds and sea turtles all perished in droves that year in areas from Sarasota through Naples. By late September 2018, the red tide had arrived in Palm Beach County.