Sea lettuce no picnic for Mount residents.(NEWS)

From: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) | Date: January 24, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Juliet Rowan

IT'S GREEN, ANKLE-DEEP AND THREATENING TO CAUSE A STINK AT MT MAUNGANUI.

SEA LETTUCE HAS WASHED UP IN THICK PATCHES, SOME UP TO A KILOMETRE LONG, ON THE MOUNT BEACHES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

LOCALS SAY IT IS THE LARGEST QUANTITY OF THE GRASS-COLOURED ALGAE IN YEARS, AND, UNLESS THE TIDE TAKES IT AWAY, IT WILL BEGIN TO ROT AND SMELL.

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, ENVIRONMENT BAY OF PLENTY, HAS MONITORED SEA LETTUCE IN THE AREA...

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