by Donald Wood
Last updated: 8:40 AM ET, Thu April 18, 2024
The Mexican Navy announced that over 8,000 meters of anti-sargassum
barriers are being installed this spring along the popular beaches of Quintana
Roo.
According to the Riviera
Maya News, Secretary of the Navy, Rafael Ojeda Durán, revealed that
government workers were installing the underwater anchors that will secure
around 8,600 meters of seaweed-stopping barriers around beaches in the state.
In addition to the anti-sargassum barriers, Quintana Roo added
four beach sweepers, 22 small vessels, 11 seaweed collectors, an ocean vessel
and eight amphibious bands to combat the stinky plant in 2024.
Ojeda Durán said the Mexican Navy has already collected over
950 tons of sargassum and expects another 125-ton mass moving in the Caribbean
Sea to make landfall in Quintana Roo in the coming days.
In Mahahaul, the Navy is installing around 1,450 meters of new
barriers and another 500 meters of refurbished mesh from last year.
Earlier this year, oceanographers from the University of
South Florida discovered a mass of sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean that could
bring record
levels of the seaweed to Mexico and Central America in 2024.
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