Our local beach is currently haunted with a fine brown seaweed that forms a dense mat allowing no light in. In the water, it breaks up into fine fragments that actually stain the water. I'm trying to find out what it is and am hoping that it's not exploding in growth with the warm summer plus the nutrient rich sea-floor from the disgusting salmon pens a few kms away.
This summer, the water has been too warm to grow any salmon in the east coast pens and so TASSAL have been growing seaweed instead. But thankfully the seaweed they're growing on longlines is giant kelp which was depleted to almost extinction when an alginates factory existed on the coast.
Thanks Prue. Yes, it's complicated isn't it – it's awesome to get in the water but then we also witness the impacts of other things going on (such as kina or sea urchin barrens here). We have giant kelp too, so special.
Love this Shona and so sorry to have missed it ❤️Sinéad
Thanks Sinéad x Looking forward to swimming with you again.
Sounds great fun.
Our local beach is currently haunted with a fine brown seaweed that forms a dense mat allowing no light in. In the water, it breaks up into fine fragments that actually stain the water. I'm trying to find out what it is and am hoping that it's not exploding in growth with the warm summer plus the nutrient rich sea-floor from the disgusting salmon pens a few kms away.
This summer, the water has been too warm to grow any salmon in the east coast pens and so TASSAL have been growing seaweed instead. But thankfully the seaweed they're growing on longlines is giant kelp which was depleted to almost extinction when an alginates factory existed on the coast.
Gosh, our poor environment.
Thanks Prue. Yes, it's complicated isn't it – it's awesome to get in the water but then we also witness the impacts of other things going on (such as kina or sea urchin barrens here). We have giant kelp too, so special.