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1 | Sargassum Seaweed Turns the Caribbean's Crystalline Waters Murky | Manamatroka Ny Rano Mangatsakatsak'i Karaiba Ny Ahidrano Sargasse |
2 | Sargassum lines a Caribbean beach in 2011. | Sargasse mameno ny tora-pasika Karaibeana ny 2011. |
3 | Photo by Mark Yokoyama. | Sary avy tamin'i Mark Yokoyama. |
4 | Used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. | Nampiasàna ny fahazoan-dàlana CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. |
5 | Say the word “sargasso” and West Indian literature fans will automatically think of the critically acclaimed novel by Dominican-born British writer Jean Rhys, “Wide Sargasso Sea“. | Teneno ny teny hoe “sargasso” fa tonga ireo mpakafy literatioran'ny Indiana Tandrefana dia hieritreritra ho azy ilay boky tantara mitsikera sy notehafana “Ranomasina Sargasse Midadasika“, izay an'i Jean Rhys, ilay Britanika mpanoratra teraka tao amin'ny Repoblika Dominikana. |
6 | But now, sargasso - or as many are calling it, sargassum - the elegant-looking, dark brown seaweed with tiny berries, has been washing up in bulk along shores from the southern United States to the Caribbean. | Fa ankehitriny, mitsingevana ambongadiny nanamorina ny moron-dranomasina avy any Atsimon'i Etazonia ka hatrany Karaiba, ny “sargasso” - na antsoin'ny maro hoe Sargasse - miendrika mihaja, ahidrano volontany matroka misy voany bitika kely. |
7 | The presence of the algae in regional waters is nothing new. | Tsy zava-baovao ny fisian'io ahidrano io any amin'ireo rano any amin'ny faritra. |
8 | In fact, there is an entire area in the northern Atlantic Ocean named for it. | Ny zava-misy, misy mihitsy toerana any avaratry ny Ranomasimbe Atlantika nomena anarana avy amin'io. |
9 | But the sheer volume of sargassum over the last month or so is concerning; some are attributing the phenomenon to climate change. | Fa mampiahiahy ny habetsahan'ny sargasse nandritra ny volana lasa iny; ny olona sasany mampifandray io zava-miseho io ho vokatry ny fiovan'ny toetrandro. |
10 | Naturally, Caribbean governments are concerned about the effect of the seaweed on tourism. | Mazava ho azy, miasa saina amin'ny vokatry ny ahidrano eo amin'ny fizahantany ny governemanta Karaibeana. |
11 | Sargassum along Tobago's eastern coast was piled so high on the beaches that some of it had to be removed with the help of backhoes. | Nisavovona avo tokoa teny amin'ny torapasika ny sargasse nanamorona ny morontsiraka atsinanan'i Tobago, hany ka nilàna fitaovana manokana ny fanesorana ny sasany tamin'izy ireny. |
12 | Guests at one upscale hotel on the south-east coast of the island complained that the smell from such large quantities of the algae was nauseating. | Nitaraina ireo mpanjifan'ny hotely lehibe iray eny amin'ny morontsiraka atsimo atsinanan'ny nosy hoe maimbo be ny fofona avy amin'ireo ahidrano betsaka be ireo. |
13 | Still, as of last week, Tobago seemed to be full of holiday-makers, as the island's western coast remained unaffected, likely due to the motion of the tides. | Nefa, toy ny tamin'ny herinandro lasa teo, hita ho feno mpiala sasatra ao Tobago, satria mbola tsy tratran'io ny morontsiraka andrefan'ny nosy, mety hoe noho ny fihetsehan'ny fisehon'ny rano angamba. |
14 | One PADI-certified diver, Dave Elliot, who regularly dives in Tobago, filmed a short video about the sargassum - first, viewers get a perspective from the shoreline, and then from underwater. | Naka horonantsary fohy momba ny sargasse, ny mpitsoraka anaty ranomasina manana maripahaizana PADI, Dave Elliot, izay matetika mitsoraka an-dranomasina any Tobago - voalohany, mahita ny zava-miseho eny imorony aloha ireo mpijery, ary avy eo ny any ambanin'ny rano. |
15 | It's fascinating and well worth a look. | Tena mahavariana sy tokony hojerena mihitsy ilay izy. |
16 | In the first part of the video, the entire stretch of Tyrell's Bay in Speyside, on the island's north-east coast, is thick with sargassum to the point where the water actually looks like mud. | Amin'ny ampahany voalohany amin'ilay lahatsary, tena feno sargasse matevina tokoa, ka lasa tahàka ny fotaka mihitsy ny manamorona ny hoalan'ny Tyrell ao Speyside, any amin'ny morontsiraka avaratra atsinanan'ny nosy. |
17 | At about 5:45 in the timeline, the divers go directly underneath the sargassum. | Eo amin'ny 5:45 amin'ny maripotoana, mandeha mivantana ao ambanin'ilay sargasse mihitsy ireo mpitsoraka an-drano. |
18 | The closer to shore they reach, the darker it becomes; they soon have to turn on their lights in order to get any visuals on the camera and they must use their compasses to tell which direction they are going. | Rehefa tena manakaiky ny morony farany azony itsofohana izy ireo, manomboka mihamaizina; lasa mila mandefa ny jirony izy ireo mba ahitàna zavatra amin'ilay fitaovana fakàna sary, ary mila mampiasa ny tondroavaratra izy ireo milaza ny làlana alehany. |
19 | The algae was so dense that it made swimming quite challenging. | Tena natevina tokoa ilay ahidrano ka nahamàzana ny filomanosana. |
20 | Elliot narrates: | Hoy i Elliot mitantara: |
21 | Occasionally, maybe as a wave would roll, the light would peer through from the top […] Meanwhile, on the sea floor, the area is very sandy. | Indrindray, mety hoe noho ny fihodinan'ny onja, ahitana ny eny ambony ny hazavàna […] Amin'izany fotoana izany, eny amin'ny fanambanin'ny ranomasina, tena feno fasika be ny faritra. |
22 | What was noticeable was the absence of the normal algae-eating fish that we know: the parrotfish, the angelfish, the surgeonfish, trumpetfish and all the other smaller versions…the damselfish and such like…there were no signs of these species of fish. | Ny tena tsikaritra dia ny tsy fisian'ireo trondro tsotra fantatsika mpihinana ahidrano : ny “perroquet”, ny “ange de mer”, ny trondro mpandidy, “trompette” sy ireo trondro kelikely hafa rehetra…ny “demoiselles” sy ny mitovy aminy…tsy nisy ireo karazana trondro ireo mihitsy. |
23 | Elliot soon discovered that the entire sea floor was “carpeted with the weed”; he did not notice “much life underneath there”. | Hitan'i Elliot avy eo fa “rakotra ahidratsy” ny fanambanin'ny ranomasina; tsy nahita “zava-miaina betsaka tao ambany tao” izy. |
24 | This has been one concerns of environmentalists - that the abundance of seaweed could be affecting marine life - though in a newspaper column, Lori Lee Lum, the community education officer at Trinidad and Tobago's Institute of Marine Affairs noted: | Zavatra iray mampiasa saina an'ireo mpiaro ny tontolo iainana io - hoe mety hisy vokany amin'ny fiainana anaty ranomasina ny fahabetsahan'ny ahidrano - na dia nilaza izao tao amin'ny tsanganana iray tanaty gazety aza i Lori Lee Lum, lehiben'ny fanabeazana ny vondrom-piarahamonina ao amin'ny Ivontoerana misahana ny Raharaha An-dranomasina ao Trinite sy Tobago : |
25 | Besides being a food source, this seaweed community supports a diverse ecosystem and provides critical habitat for a wide variety of sea life including crabs, shrimp, molluscs, fish such as mahi mahi, and sea turtles, and is a nursery and spawning area for others. | Ankoatry ny maha loharanon-tsakafo azy, manohana fivoaran'ny tontolo iainana maro io fiarahamonin'ny ahidrano io, ary manome toerana iainana ilaina tokoa ho an'ireo zava-miaina maro any anaty ranomasina, tafiditra amin'izany ny foza, makamba, “mollusque”, trondro sahala amin'ny mahi mahi, ary ireo soka-dranomasina, ary toerana fitomboana sy fanatodizana ho an'ny sasany. |
26 | Elliot and his diving companion soon had no choice but to find their way back to the jetty at Blue Waters Inn on the northeastern part of the island; the underwater images are murky; almost eerie. | Tsy nanan-tsafidy afatsy ny nitady ny làlana miverina ho any amin'ny nitsorahany an-drano ao amin'ny Blue Waters Inn, any amin'ny faritra avaratry ny nosy, i Elliot sy ilay namany mpiaraka mpitsoraka an-drano aminy; mihetsiketsika be ihany ny sary any ambany rano; mampiahiahy mihitsy. |
27 | Tobago's fishermen have been adversely affected as well. | Misy fiantraikany amin'ireo mpanjonon'i Tobago ihany koa io. |
28 | Interestingly, four years ago in September 2011, when the region also experienced an influx of sargassum, an octogenarian entrepreneur from Barbados found a way to turn the sargassum problem into profit. | Zavatra manintona, efatra taona lasa izay, ny Septambra 2011, raha tratran'ny sargasse betsaka toy izao ihany koa ilay faritra, nahita fika hanodinana ilay olan'ny sargasse mba hahazoana tombotsoa ilay mpandraharaha lehibe iray efa ao anatin'ny faha-valopoto taonany, avy any Bardade. |
29 | The Barbados Government Information Service produced a video feature on the process Cavendish Atwell uses to make a sargassum-based fertiliser: | Namokatra lahatsary iray ny Sampan-draharahan'ny Fampahalalam-baovaon'ny Governemantan'i Bardade, mampiseho ny fomba fanodinana sargasse ho zezika, amin'ny fomba Cavendish Atwell: |