Sea lettuce blights Sumner Beach; ESTUARY POLLUTION

From: The Press | Date: January 7, 2008 | Copyright information

The curse of the summer sea- lettuce bloom is back to irritate Christchurch beach-goers.

Sea lettuce from the Avon- Heathcote Estuary has broken free from its usual habitat and is landing in clumps on Sumner Beach.

Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust chairman Alex Drysdale said sea lettuce always flourished where humans spread waste -- the estuary being the end point for Christchurch's treated sewage.

"It is a little unusual but not unknown," Drysdale said of the recent...

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