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 50 8 3 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 4
Blackburn Bay 5,044 336 336 331 299 252 394 344 270 308 324 344 314
Blind Pass 46 5 2 1 2 2 5 5 5 6 3
Brushy Bayou 79 17 17 17 13 15
Dona Bay 174 9 9 10 12 12 12 10 17 13 13 10 9
Dryman Bay 1,551 88 87 98 105 63 94 94 115 112 116 115 100
Hansen Bayou 46 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 5
Intracoastal Waterway Venice 12 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lemon Bay 51,839 3,018 3,045 3,098 3,174 3,131 3,206 3,117 3,436 3,653 3,728 3,913 3,913
Little Sarasota Bay 11,621 463 516 675 726 674 729 600 781 843 852 877 768
Lyons Bay 624 35 30 39 43 41 42 35 39 29 28 46 46
Nettie Bayou 23 2 1 1 0 1 4 4
Palma Sola Bay 20,450 1,455 1,324 1,350 1,308 1,331 1,467 1,482 1,491 1,548 1,569
Pansy Bayou 694 49 49 49 51 50 50 50 50 50 50
Roberts Bay Sarasota 4,392 348 327 268 364 319 299 319 292 309 343
Roberts Bay Venice 611 25 25 33 32 31 48 79 33 37 38 42 45
Sarasota Bay 119,777 7,667 6,623 6,735 6,516 7,312 9,881 9,801 9,682 10,261 10,545
South Coconut Bayou 42 4 3 3 3 2 0 2 4 4 4
Tidal Myakka River 5,752 439 503 559 537 525 331 374 311 271 285 418 451
Tidal Peace River 6,418 402 544 620 301 380 297 342 248 235 391 649 703