Seagrass acreage variation for all bays in Sarasota County

Bay Total Acreage Seagrass Acreage
1988 1994 1996 1999 2001 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Bayou Louise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Big Pass 47 8 3 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 4
Blackburn Bay 3,668 331 299 252 394 344 270 308 324 344 314
Blind Pass 42 5 2 1 2 2 5 5 5 6 3
Brushy Bayou 79 17 17 17 13 15
Dona Bay 135 10 12 12 12 10 17 13 13 10 9
Dryman Bay 1,145 98 105 63 94 94 115 112 116 115 100
Hansen Bayou 40 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 5
Intracoastal Waterway Venice 11 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lemon Bay 40,959 3,098 3,174 3,131 3,206 3,117 3,436 3,653 3,728 3,913 3,913
Little Sarasota Bay 8,642 675 726 674 729 600 781 843 852 877 768
Lyons Bay 460 39 43 41 42 35 39 29 28 46 46
Nettie Bayou 18 2 1 1 0 1 4 4
Palma Sola Bay 17,409 1,455 1,324 1,350 1,308 1,331 1,467 1,482 1,491 1,548 1,569
Pansy Bayou 597 49 49 49 51 50 50 50 50 50 50
Roberts Bay Sarasota 3,799 348 327 268 364 319 299 319 292 309 343
Roberts Bay Venice 476 33 32 31 48 79 33 37 38 42 45
Sarasota Bay 102,642 7,667 6,623 6,735 6,516 7,312 9,881 9,801 9,682 10,261 10,545
South Coconut Bayou 36 4 3 3 3 2 0 2 4 4 4
Tidal Myakka River 4,613 559 537 525 331 374 311 271 285 418 451
Tidal Peace River 5,112 620 301 380 297 342 248 235 391 649 703