Abstract

The Sargassum Watch System processes satellite data and feeds results to a Web portal, giving decision makers timely information on seaweed location and warnings for potential beaching events.

Highlights

  • Bermudians have always had a close association with the ocean

  • The Sargasso Sea is a fundamentally important part of the world’s ocean, located within the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre with its boundaries defined by the surrounding currents

  • The Sargasso Sea is part of the High Seas, the area of ocean that covers nearly 50% of the earth’s surface but which is beyond the jurisdiction and responsibility of any national government, and as such it enjoys little protection

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Introduction

Bermudians have always had a close association with the ocean. It was a logical step for them to look towards greater protection and management for their offshore marine environment extending into the wider ocean beyond their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Sargasso Sea is a fundamentally important part of the world’s ocean, located within the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre with its boundaries defined by the surrounding currents.

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