If the one factor you dislike most a couple of heat tropical climate trip to the Mexican Caribbean journey hotspot of Tulum is the seaweed, effectively this was the 12 months for you.
Based on Riviera Maya Information, the quantity of Sargassum seaweed cleared on the attractive white sand seashores of Tulum fell by practically 70 % this 12 months. This was a considerable lower within the macroalgae washing up on the seashores in contrast with the 12 months in the past interval.
A Drop In Sargassum
The newest numbers from the Federal Maritime Terrestrial Zone (ZOFEMAT) officers are displaying that the Municipality of Tulum solely collected 1,278 tons of Sargassum from the native seashores in 2024 via October.
Final 12 months, greater than 4,000 tons had been collected from the seashores of Tulum.
Greater than 50 staff dealt with the gathering of the Sargassum this 12 months. Their efforts targeted on Tulum Nationwide Park, Punta Piedra and Akumal.
“Fortuitously, this 12 months, now we have had an atypical touchdown of sargassum. It has been lower than in earlier years, so we’re doing effectively, nature has handled us very effectively, it has been sort this 12 months,” the Municipal Director of the Federal Maritime Terrestrial Zone (ZOFEMAT) Juan Antonio Garza informed Riviera Maya Information.
Cancun Referred to as within the Navy
Whereas staff collected much less Sargassum on the seashores of Tulum this season, a part of the discount needs to be credited to the Mexican Navy.
They had been referred to as in earlier within the season by the Quintana Roo state authorities to patrol offshore and set up boundaries to dam the Sargassum from arriving on the shores.
Greater than 300 naval boats, a Sargassum ship, 22 Sargassum boats and a fleet of smaller vessels, along with containment boundaries, seaside sweepers and collector bands had been all enlisted this 12 months within the annual battle towards the annoying macroalgae.
“This work, which ranges from the gathering of the sargassum to its remaining correct disposal, has been important to protect the sweetness and biodiversity of those vacationer and ecological areas,” Director Garza added.
Sargassum Season Involves a Shut
Based on Vice Admiral CG Alfredo Ramón Enríquez Delgado, Commander of the ninth Naval Area, and Captain of the Navy CG DEM Mario Alberto Barrera Navarro, Coordinator of the Sargassum Response Technique, the Sargassum season got here to shut in November with a document low quantity of the seaweed collected on Quintana Roo seashores.
Solely 37,000 tons had been collected throughout your entire state which incorporates Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel and Tulum.
On the announcement formally declaring the Sargassum season within the Mexican Caribbean closed in November, Quintana Roo Governor Mara Lezama thanked everybody for his or her dedication to addressing the sargassum and acknowledged that “we’ll proceed working 24/7, tirelessly, to make sure clear seashores.”