Entangled: How a global seaweed ‘plague’ threatens West Africa’s coastline

Mongabay
Nov 11, 2020, 12:45 pm301 pts
From the Gulf of Guinea to the mouth of the Senegal River, a sprawling shroud of seaweed is choking coastal ecosystems and the fishing communities that depend on them. Offshore, it snags lines, breaks nets and clogs up outboard motors. On shore, it accumulates in vast brown heaps, tide after tide, obstructing…

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