“Eleven collection sites are underway in the municipalities of Goyave, Petit-Bourg, Gosier, Sainte-Anne, Saint-François, Le Moule and La Désirade. Five other operations will start today and in the coming days, especially in Terre-de-Bas, Anse-Bertrand and Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante, “the prefecture said in a statement, which finances the collection at more than 80 %.
For the past week, many Internet users have published photos of the Guadeloupens shores on social networks cluttered by the Sargasses, these brown algae present in the Atlantic which derive to the coasts of the Caribbean countries, recurring plague for the region.
Floating dams
Guadeloupe also experiences floating dams, 5,000 meters of which are already in place, off the most affected banks, to deflect algae to facilitate their collection, while protecting the beaches.
Surveillance organizations have alert since March to the presence in “Tropical Atlantic […] “Of these algae, which” reached a new historic record “, according to a bulletin from the University of the South of Florida published at the end of March.
-Météo France Antilles Guyana announced on Monday “strong arrivals” of these algae.
Pointe-à-Pitre’s Darsus and several beaches of the throat were invaded by brown algae, causing the stupor of residents.
“It is also the absence of a wind that causes these unusual strands,” notes Jean-François Moniote, sub-prefect of Pointe-à-Pitre who pilots the Sargassus mission, responsible for managing this scourge.
Alert level
Two municipalities have already exceeded the level of pre-alert in toxic emanations, in Terre-de-Bas, in Saintes and Marie-Galante, according to the cartography that the Air quality measurement agency, Gwad’Air daily.
