Sargassum is back on our coasts and with it comes a lot of marine waste...

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Sargassum is back on our coasts and with it comes a lot of marine waste...

Sargassum washes up on our shores in great quantity and can have serious consequences on marine life.
But before they wash up on our coasts and beaches, they provide for food and habitat to many marine species !

Unfortunately, they are also a source of danger for these marine species since they tend to attract marine litter going from micro plastics to bigger objects that can get stuck in them.
Among these wastes we can find plastic jugs (containers) used for fishing in Morocco and usually found with fishing lines. They are found in large quantities around the Caribbean ! Don’t be mistaken, they are not used by “poor fishermen” since these containers are specially designed for fishing and maintaining fluorocarbon fishing lines that can be very expensive !
They sometimes come in different colors probably in order to identify the owners. They are lost by fishing boats near Morocco’s coasts and end up being carried by ocean currents. First the Canary current, then the North Equatorial current and end up in the Antilles current. It can go on for many years in the ocean by continuing in the Florida current and them the Gulf Stream and thus can have severe effects on the marine life like sea turtles and cetaceans during their long trips through the ocean

#marinewaste #marinelitter #plastic#sargassum #pollution#saveouroceans #marinepollution#saveourseas #nomoreplastic


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St.Bart stole my B’Heart;1036446 said:
Definitely not the jugs I like to see on the beaches of Saint Barth’s. That is a depressing sight indeed.

Didier Laplace and team of the St. Barth Coral Restoration Project do a great service for the island. Underwater, on the shore and inland.
 
The sea viewed from Lurin to the islands has been churning most of the week. Windy and cool mornings bring the junk this way.
 
Very sad to see. Thank goodness for the St. Barth Coral Restoration Project team and good Samaritans who assist with the clean up efforts on the beaches. We'd pitch in, too, if only we could get there.
 
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