Algae bloom in Lake Tarpon outfall canal causes large fish kill

An algae bloom of unknown origin has killed what a Pinellas County official described Thursday as "thousands and thousands" of fish in an outfall canal between Lake Tarpon and the northern reaches of Tampa Bay.

The algae bloom near Oldsmar appears to have absorbed much of the oxygen in the water in that area, suffocating thousands of juveniles of a type of fish known as menhaden.

"The menhaden are the only ones that have been affected," said Kelli Hammer Levy, director of the county's environmental management division.

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