PHENOMENON OF THE SEA: “RED TIDE" CAUSED BY TINY ORGANISMS
(Rec, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 24. The reappearance of a ‘‘ red tide,” which experts say is caused by tiny sea organisms known as gynnodinium, has been reported by commercial fishermen in waters off the Gulf Coast, states a message from Fort Myers, Florida, Dead deep sea fish are stated to be strewn along beaches. One fisherman is reported to have become unconscious by the fumes given off by the organisms. Bulldozers were required to clear the beaches of the dead fish when reddish waters were last reported in January,
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Evening Star, Issue 26136, 25 June 1947, Page 5
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