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City has no plans to remove seaweed at Middleton Beach, Australia.


Let's not mention which Country has whatever negatives, We all have to work together, to create Awareness with the local communities and save the beaches/ coastal waters, seas and oceans regardless of which country, nationality are you from... 


That's our Primary Motivation and Inspiration for us to do good not just for Humanity but also for our Marine friends...


Middleton Beach is a coastal suburb of Albany, Western Australia, located within the City of Albany approximately 4 kilometres east of the city centre. 


The traditional owners, the Noongar peoples, know the place as Binalup meaning the place of first light since the sun rises over the waters in the morning.


City has no plans to remove seaweed at Middleton Beach, Australia.

Jessica Cuthbert Albany 
Monday, 22 October 2018 12:55PM


https://thewest.com.au/…/city-has-no-plans-to-remove-seawee…

http://www.beachapedia.org/Wrack


Seaweed and sea wrack has built up at Middleton Beach. Picture: Benson, Laurie Benson Albany Advertiser

The City of Albany will not be removing a build-up of seaweed at Middleton Beach despite complaints.


In recent weeks the sea wrack has accumulated on the popular swimming beach with many saying the stench was unpleasant.

City operations manager Mike Richardson said the City would move some of the beach wrack slightly to provide better access for beach-goers. “However we do not have any plans to remove the seaweed at this stage.”


“Beach wrack is a natural process that protects our coast, provides important habitat for a range of beach animals and generally disperses on its own accord.”


Wrack is primarily made up of kelp that has come loose from where it grows offshore and has washed up along the beach. The California Coastal Commission has defined "wrack" or "beach wrack" as "organic material such as kelp and sea grass that is cast up onto the beach by surf, tides, and wind." 


A more inclusive definition is "items washed onto the beach from the open sea" which includes plastic, glass and metal marine debris. Wrack accumulations on beaches where wrack appears are referred to as the "wrack line" which usually marks the high tide line. The organic portions of wrack provide food and habitat to many species that inhabit the shoreline, including insects and birds. Wrack also provides an incubator to grasses and other plants which grow along the shoreline and help to anchor dunes. 


Here's a link to a brief article on the ecological value of wrack.

Link : http://www.beachapedia.org/Wrack


Also see the Oregon Sea Grant publication Flotsam, Jetsam and Wrack and this graphic from California State Parks on the ecological value of wrack. 


#MarineConservation #BeachWrack #CleanUp #AustraliaMiddletonBeach

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