What to do with that stinky sargassum?
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Arnie Weissmann / Mexico / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / May 14, 2019
“When life deals you sargassum ... well, you won't find a market for sargassum-ade.
But it turns out that there are potential positives in this bothersome seaweed, according to Dario Flota, general director of Caribe Mexicano, the tourism promotion board for Mexico's Quintana Roo state, which includes Cancun, Riviera Maya, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Puerto Morelos, Holbox and other tourist magnets.
The Mexican navy has been sent to intercept the millions of pounds of sargassum looking to beach itself on the Quintana Roo coastline by placing barriers into the ocean to prevent the plant from reaching shore. The project began yesterday off Puerto Morelos....”
A sargassum cleanup in Playa del Carmen.
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