FWC Fish Kill Hotline
Report dead or distressed fish. Include GPS, species, counts, photographs and water conditions.
Open the channel →Local resources
Report it. Record it. Organize the block.
Official reports and public records are what turn a bad week into admissible evidence. Here is exactly where to send what you saw, and what to ask your jurisdiction for.
Report
Official reporting channels
Mote SEAFAN BleachWatch
Report unusual marine events: discolored water, coral condition, algal accumulation or mortality.
Open the channel →Your municipality's 311 / public works
Report canal accumulation, beach conditions, odor complaints and missed cleanups. These records become public evidence.
Open the channel →Federal rulemaking comment
When a relevant docket opens, an effective public comment is specific, sourced and tied to your own place.
Open the channel →Toolkit
Organizing tools
Neighbor kit
A one-page explainer plus your personal referral link. Walk it to the business next door. One signature is hard; a block is a constituency.
Business sign-on sheet
Organization name, city, role and contact. Hotels, restaurants, dive shops, charters and property managers count as organizations, not individuals.
Municipal resolution template
A short model resolution asking a city or county to publish removal cost and support a federal interception pilot.
Public records request template
Request cleanup load tickets, contractor invoices, disposal records, 311 complaints and hotspot maps from your jurisdiction.
Photo evidence standard
Date, time, place, direction, a scale reference, and your consent choice. Unmodified originals stay private; only consented versions publish.
Meeting-night script
Ninety seconds at public comment: what you saw, what it cost, what you are asking the body to do tonight.
Copy and send
Ready-made letters
Federal — NOAA and Congress
Subject
Open a monitored pathway to intercept shoreward-bound Sargassum
Body
Dear [OFFICIAL], I am writing as a [ROLE] in [PLACE]. Extraordinary Sargassum accumulations are reaching our shallow water, canals and beaches, and current federal rules prevent lawful interception before that happens. I am asking you to support a lawful pathway for selective, monitored collection of documented shoreward-bound Sargassum in federal waters — an Atlantic pilot seaward of the three-nautical-mile state-water boundary, a separately designed Gulf pathway beyond nine nautical miles, independent observers, strong wildlife safeguards and transparent published results. This is not a request to harvest living offshore habitat. It is a request to intercept documented shoreward-bound accumulations before they become a health, environmental and economic emergency on our shore. Please tell me your position in writing. [NAME] [PLACE]
Local — county and city
Subject
Resolution supporting Sargassum interception and public cost reporting
Body
Dear [OFFICIAL], I am a [ROLE] in [PLACE]. Our community is paying for Sargassum after it lands: cleanup crews, heavy equipment, landfill fees, canal damage, cancelled events and lost business. I am asking [JURISDICTION] to (1) publish annual removal tonnage and cost, (2) pass a resolution supporting a lawful federal pilot to intercept documented shoreward-bound Sargassum offshore, and (3) join the coalition at STOPSARGASSUM.org as an official partner. Please let me know how you intend to respond. [NAME] [PLACE]
Business — neighbor sign-on
Subject
Two minutes: add our business to the Sargassum coalition
Body
Hi [NEIGHBOR], You have seen what the seaweed does to our block — the smell, the guests, the cancellations, the cleanup bill. There is a coalition asking the federal government for a lawful, monitored way to intercept it offshore before it reaches us. Adding your business takes about two minutes and it makes our whole street count as one voice: [LINK] Thanks — [NAME]