Quintana Roo’s Governor, Carlos Joaquin, said the popular tourism region of Mexico has recognized and is prepared for the arrival of sargassum seaweed to its shores.

According to the Riviera Maya News, The Governor told local media that although forecasts show a significant reduction in the amount of sargassum that could reach the shores of Quintana Roo, they are still setting up barriers and preparing boats to prevent seaweed that does arrive from entering. 

The Secretariat of the Navy and other environmental agencies said areas including Cancun and Playa del Carmen should see a great decline of sargassum in comparison to the quantity of seaweed that appeared in 2018 and 2019. 

Vessels and sargassum containment barriers are the key components to Joaquin’s plan to impede the sargassum’s movement towards the shore in 2020.  Boats have been deployed to Mexican vacation destinations such as Tulum, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Xcalak, Mahahual and more.
Barriers will be strategically positioned in the most heavily affected regions including 5,900 feet of them in Mahahual and Xcalak, creating a total of 13,000 feet of barriers all together according to Governor Carlos Joaquin.
Early forecasts predict the seaweed arriving in April and returning back to sea sometime in the summer.