Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

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Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

Postby tikihutguy » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:07 pm

Tree_Frogs wrote:Another bit of information some may find interesting is Desire (RM, not sure about Pearl) is not permitted to use tractors or quads to clean the beach. We’ve seen them on other beaches in Cancun and inquired as to why they don’t use them at RM. With tractors you could keep the beach clean of Saragossa all day long if you wanted. Renee explained the government will not allow them on RM’s beach as Sea Turtles use the beach to nest. So raking by hand and garbage bags is their only option.

Last DP trip (2016) they used a backhoe with front end loader. Loaded up the seaweed took it off property just beyond the beach and buried it. Sadly the beach was still inundated. I don't think there's any sure solution :( And they still had guys raking. That IS a tough job. We tip when we can...
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Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

Postby red88vette » Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:37 pm

Just back yesterday 7/21 from RM. Monday 7/16 Sargassum was on the beach and some in the water, Tuesday, the whole beach and out to the rope was a solid sheet. The crew worked hard and the seaweed abated a bit and by Friday we could see the whole beach, it was great. Its a given the sargassum will be on the beach at some level. When we at Pearl in May, it was soo bad the crew could not keep up with the piles.
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Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

Postby Luckycharms » Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:47 pm

The beach beds were barely populated and the beach bar (small 6-10 person bar) was never open when we were there...July 18-25. Saw no one get in the water, crews cleaned the grass all day everyday...basically....."un-swimmable"... from the 2nd floor hot tub you could see "plumes" the size of football fields of the sea grass floating toward the various beaches....maybe next year.
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Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

Postby wetintally » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:39 am

I just listed to a piece on NPR on this. It is becoming a huge problem through out the caribbean and in south florida. They have discovered that it is not coming from the Saragossa sea as was originally the case. A huge bloom developed off the coast of Brazil and currents are carried it into the caribbean. They believe deforestation of the rainforest for farming and nutrients from fertilizer combined with warming water temperatures are the culprit. It is now considered a natural disaster due to its impact on the tourist industry, fishing and the ecological harm it is causing
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