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Turkey says it will defeat ‘sea snot’ outbreak in Marmara Sea

June 16, 2021
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Turkey’s environment minister pledged on Sunday (June 6) to defeat a plague of “sea snot” threatening the Sea of Marmara with a disaster management plan he said would secure its future.

A thick slimy layer of the organic matter, known as marine mucilage, has spread through the sea south of Istanbul, posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry.

Harbours, shorelines and swathes of seawater have been blanketed by the vicious, greyish substance, some of which has also sunk below the waves, suffocating life on the seabed.

Environment Minister Murat Kurum said Turkey planned to designate the entire Sea of Marmara a protected area, reduce pollution and improve treatment of waste water from coastal cities and ships which has helped the sea snot to spread.

He also called on local residents, artists and NGOs to join what he said would be Turkey’s biggest maritime clean-up operation, starting on Tuesday.

“Hopefully, together we will protect our Marmara within the framework of a disaster management plan,” Kurum said, speaking from a marine research vessel which has been taking samples of the slimy substance.

“We will take all the necessary steps within three years and realise the projects that will save not only the present but also the future together.”

Kurum said the measures Turkey planned would reduce nitrogen levels in the sea by 40 per cent, a move which he said scientists believed would help restore the waters to their previous state.

Scientists say climate change and pollution have contributed to the proliferation of the organic matter, which contains a wide variety of microorganisms and can flourish when nutrient-rich sewage flows into seawater.

President Tayyip Erdogan blamed the outbreak on untreated water from cities including Istanbul, home to 16 million people, and vowed to “clear our seas from the mucilage scourge”.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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