SLIMY STUFF: Barbados beaches hit with pungent seaweed 18 JUN 014: Clean-up crews in tourism-dependent Barbados are trying to clear gobs of pungent brown sargassum seaweed that is littering numerous beaches. The slimy brown stuff is washing ashore at beaches from Barbados north to south coasts. The government said Tuesday it is welcoming assistance from schools and community groups to clear the seaweed. Sargassum is an algae that grows in the Sargasso Sea, a large body of warm water in the mid-Atlantic. Ricardo Marshall is a projects officer with the Caribbean islands National Conservation Commission. He says crews are being deployed daily to clear coastlines of piles of sargassum seaweed. Officials in nearby Caribbean islands are warning about the possibility of ample amounts of seaweed washing ashore. Large piles of sargassum have littered coastlines in Galveston, Texas, after drifting into the Gulf. JustTravelDeals.ca
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:14:23 +0000
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