Towns along the Costa Tropical, Salobreña amongst them, have requested assistance from the Provincial Council to deal with the extra cost of removing Asian seaweed from their beaches.
Asian Seaweed Menace
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for invasive species
The Asian Seaweed Problem
by Vivienne Hughes •
The invasive Asian seaweed is back, making an appearance down the eastern end of the Costa Tropical on La Mamola beaches.
Avocado-Tree Beetle Plague
by Martin Myall •
There’s a beetle called the polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) that is attacking avocado trees on the Costa Tropical.
The Brown Seaweed Menace
by Vivienne Hughes •
The invasion of Brown seaweed (Rugulopteryx okamurae) is no longer something that appeared along the Atlantic coast of Andalucia, but is now all along the Costa Tropical.
Fighting Invasive Seaweed
by Martin Myall •
The Asiatic seaweed, Rugulopteryx Okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) is an invasive species and is beginning to cause a lot of headaches along our coastline.
Invasive Seaweed in La Mamola
by Hugh MacArthur •
Residents of La Mamola (Polopos) awoke this week to find their beach covered with Asian seaweed, which is a problematic, invasive species.
Axarquía Invasive Species
by Martin Myall •
The ecologist association, GENA-Ecologistas en Acción, has spent years documenting all the invasive animal and plant species in Axarquía.
Invasive Seaweed off Almuñécar
by Vivienne Hughes •
Readers will remember that a couple of months back Motril fishermen discovered an invasive species of Asian seaweed in their fishing grounds – now it has appeared off Almuñécar.
Seaweed’s Origin Confirmed
by Martin Myall •
The University of Granada has confirmed that the seaweed found off La Rábit is indeed of the Asian variety that is causing problems near Cádiz.
Looming Seaweed Problem
by Vivienne Hughes •
Fishermen came across a strange ‘catch’ in their nets off La Rábita on Wednesday – a mass of seaweed looking like a kind normally found in the Pacific.