The seaweed washing up on the shores around the island may not be going anywhere anytime soon.
In fact, officials say there was still a large quantity out in the ocean that could be dumped on land over the coming months.
Leo Brewster, director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) said it was unusual for the seaweed which is called sargassum, to wash up on the island this time of year and in such great quantity. He therefore called on all residents, agencies and companies to work with the Unit to help clean up as much of the seaweed as possible from the country’s coastlines.
Sargassum is brown seaweed, a member of the algae family which usually wash to shore in the first quarter of the year.
Speaking during a press conference today at the office of the Disaster and Emergency Management (DEM), Brewster said the algae could spell trouble for the island’s tourism product since this could prevent some tourists from wanting to go on some of the affected beaches.
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