THA working on clearing sargassum seaweed
Sixteen beaches in Tobago are currently being cleared of sargassum seaweed by the Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA) Division of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing and the Environment (DAMME). Trinidad and Tobago are among the Caribbean islands being affected by the phenomenon. Unlike most types of seaweed, sargassum is not attached the ocean floor, and floats […]
Wildlife Survey
The Division of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing and the Environment will undertake a three-year wildlife survey at an estimated cost of $5 million. Secretary of the Division, Assemblyman Godwin Adams, disclosed this at Wednesday’s post Executive Council media briefing at the Administrative Complex, Calder Hall. He said the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) was originally mandated […]