Mexican Hotel Association Refuses To Keep Paying For Sargassum Cleaning

The Riviera Maya Hotel Association can no longer bear the financial responsibility of cleaning up sargassum each season, says a spokesperson.

The presence of macroalgae in the Sargasso Sea has been reported for over five centuries now, but it only started to massively wash ashore on Caribbean beaches since 2011.

Scientists estimate this phenomenon is occurring due to rising ocean temperatures and overnutrified waters coming from the large-scale agricultural industry in countries like Brazil and the United States. 

Technically, sargassum arrives in so-called federal zones so hotels in the Mexican Caribbean shouldn’t have to pay for its collection and disposal.

Each algae season, the government and hotel leaders join

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