Ministry of Environment, National Beautification & the Blue & Green Economy

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Approximately 100 workers have been employed to remove the large amounts sargassum seaweed on local shores.

Minister of Environment and
National Beautification and the Blue and Green Economy, Adrian Forde said they had designated a team of workers at various beaches across the island to clear the seaweed.

"Every single year it comes in, the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification has employed about 100 workers who worked assiduously, five days out of the week, to ensure that the seaweed is manually raked from the beach so that you wouldn't have the excessive sand being taken up like using mechanical devices. It is then trucked off after it has been bagged or put in pan carts so it can be taken to a prescribed location for composition,".

Forde said the ministry's plan to remove the seaweed would remain the same moving forward as it continues to cover the shores. Story credit from the Weekend Nation.

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The Fisheries Division advises that there is presently a glut of flying fish on the market.
Consumers are therefore encouraged to visit fish markets across the island to make their purchases at reduced prices.

The Fisheries Division advises that there is presently a glut of flying fish on the market.

Consumers are therefore encouraged to visit fish markets across the island to make their purchases at reduced prices.

Long Pond, St. Andrew

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𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚:
"𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑊𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟."

Minister Adrian Forde in Panama at the Oceans Conference meeting with the South Korean’s Vice Minister of the Oceans.

National Launch of the Public Consultation Meetings for the Updated Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Barbados.

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