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Puerto Rico faces sargassum invasion without a plan to address it

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources has failed to prepare the document required by law. Mayors address the problem on their own, without the agency’s advice

April 30, 2023 - 6:39 AM

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Archive image of the sargassum event registered on the year 2021 in Puerto Rico. Photo taken in Ocean Park. (Vanessa Serra Díaz) (vanessa.serra@gfrmedia.com)

By Carlos Tolentino Rosario

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Facing the peak period of sargassum expected for the Caribbean waters, Puerto Rico remains in a state of uncertainty over how the central government will deal with the impending invasion of these macroalgae, which will increase its arrival on the coasts in both volume and frequency.