Updates On TX Red Tide

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials have issued new updates on fish-killing red tides.

October 4-6, 2023

For questions and information about the human health effects of red tide, please contact your local health department.

Upper Coast (Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake): No new fish kills have been reported in the Galveston area.

The monitoring station in Freeport continues indicates that cell concentrations are below the reporting threshold of 2 cells/mL (background concentration).

TDSHS samples in the Gulf Pass of Galveston Bay indicated very low concentrations of red tide.

Golden Crescent (Matagorda Bay and San Antonio Bay): No new fish kills have been reported for the Gulf of Mexico facing beaches or within Matagorda Bay.

Waters samples from Port O’Connor contained very low concentrations of red tide.

The recent TDSHS closure of Shellfish Harvest Area TX-14 was due to increased rainfall and not associated with red tide.

Coastal Bend (Aransas Bay, Corpus Christi Bay and upper Laguna Madre): Samples from the Port Aransas ship channel showed “very low” concentrations of Red Tide, compared to the “background” levels seen previously. Water samples from Corpus Christi Bay (near Cole Park and the USS Lexington) did not detect Red Tide.

Rio Grande Valley Area (Lower Laguna Madre): No reports of red tide.