The Nation - News from Oct. 21, 1986
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A toxic red tide that has killed millions of fish along the Gulf Coast of Texas has moved into Mexican waters and could linger until the end of the year if temperatures do not drop to 60 degrees or lower, a level that hinders red tide, officials in Corpus Christi, Tex., said. Since the outburst of microscopic organisms in late August near Galveston, officials in Corpus Christi have closed beaches to swimmers, and the oyster harvest has been suspended from Galveston to the Mexican border.
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