by Donald Wood
Last updated: 12:00 PM ET, Thu May 18, 2023
Government officials in Quintana Roo announced that over a
mile of anti-sargassum barriers would be installed along the beaches of Tulum.
According to Poresto.net
(Spanish) via The
Cancun Sun, the region’s port authority revealed plans to install 2,618
linear meters (over 8,500 feet) of sargassum containment barrier last week,
with the process beginning on May 12.
The government is using a coastal sargasso ship and two
smaller vessels to install the seaweed-blocking structures, and warned the
maritime community about the ongoing project along the coast’s tourist areas in
the ninth municipality.
Local government officials said vessels attempting to travel
over the barriers would face sanctions.
Port of Playa del Carmen head Daniel Antonio Maass Michel
said the project would be completed by May 25 and run from Santa Fe Beach in
the south to Mezannine Beach in the north.
The sargassum barriers are expected to remain in place until
around November 15, depending on weather conditions, when they will be removed
for the winter season.
In April, Mexico’s Secretary of the Navy, Jose Rafael Ojeda
Duran, announced that the country successfully installed over 9,000 meters of anti-sargassum
barriers along the coast of Quintana Roo.
To combat the problem, the Minister of Tourism for the
Dominican Republic, David Collado, issued an appeal for a united
effort to tackle sargassum as it washes ashore in large amounts in Mexico,
Florida and the Caribbean.
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