Here is an article on the ongoing efforts to find solutions for the accumulation of sargassum seaweed from Loop News.
The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says it is involved in a new initiative to produce Sargassum-derived liquid fertilisers or plant growth promoters for the region.
CRFM, an inter-governmental organization of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said it is working with Plant and Food Research from New Zealand, to also develop an organic compost from processed Sargassum, for eventual incorporation into farmer and grower practices in the Caribbean.
It said that together with the New Zealand Crown Research Institute, the initiative, under the Sargassum Products for Climate Resilience in the Caribbean Project, is a multiyear project funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
“This builds on work undertaken by the CRFM since 2015, to address the persistent problem of recurring Sargassum inundations which have been plaguing the region for the past 12 years. Sargassum blooms continue to adversely affect the coastal ecosystems and economic sectors, such as fisheries and tourism, in many Caribbean countries, and clean-up efforts have been costly. Although Sargassum levels have fluctuated from year to year, the general forecast is for continued high levels of blooms and beaching of Sargassum in the foreseeable future,” the CRFM said.
It said climate change and nutrient enrichment of the oceans have been identified as major contributing factors to this phenomenon which has been affecting our region since 2011.
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Here is an article on the ongoing efforts to find solutions for the accumulation of sargassum seaweed from Loop News. The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says it is involved in a new initiative to produce Sargassum-derived liquid fertilisers or plant growth promoters for the region. CRFM, an inter-governmental organization of the Caribbean Community
