Sargasso Committee

Members: George Pritchard and Nancy Poor

Goal:

Review ways to eliminate the sargasso from the beach and evaluate advantages and disadvantages of each

Three main approaches are being considered:

Barriers

• 84 people out of 250 residents have promise to pledge
  
• There should be an approval from Semarnat maybe not till 2023
• Return on investment for proposed barrier is being assessed in La Bahia
• Also questions re impact on turtles

• Mexican Government will place 3 large boats in Mahahual April 09. 2022
  
• One large boat outside and nine boats inside (9 kilometers of barrier in the whole state)
  
• Forecast for 2022 is a lighter sargasso season
  

 Mechanical Removal 

• Highly impacted condo buildings (Playa Caribe, Reef, Luna Azul, and La Bahia) are meeting to seek a unified process
  
• Also looking at other options like chemicals to stop the smell - unfortunately, the product is low in inventory