Isla Mujeres, Q.R. — An intense sargassum cleanup is now finished on beaches of Isla Mujeres.
In three days, more than 580 tons was removed after washing up due to a week of bad weather. Around 250 people, along with at least one backhoe and several dump trucks, attended to the collection of the sargassum that continued to arrive despite their manpower efforts. Isla Mujeres after torrential rains hit the island Tuesday night leaving streets under water and two main beaches covered in seaweed.
Municipal workers removed approximately 100 tons of the wet algae in the first 24 hours, however, continued bad weather has meant the continued arrival of sargassum. Isla Mujeres City Hall says around 250 people that included paid municipal workers, state police and military help along with island volunteers, worked on removing what washed up. “In response to the challenge of the atypical arrival of sargassum in Isla Mujeres, the Municipal Government, headed by Mayor Atenea Gómez Ricalde, continued to address the contingency that began Wednesday where more than 150 tons of the seaweed had been removed.
Gómez supervised the work early in the morning where more than 250 people, including City Hall workers, Zofemat Isla Mujeres personnel, fishermen and volunteers, joined to remove the sargassum that continued to wash up until Saturday. The Mayor made it clear that the affectation only covered about 150 linear meters of the north beach and not the entire public beach, emphasizing tha.