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Item Coastal Zone Management(2013-01-18) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesThe Coastal Zone Management department is responsible for the provision of seaweed removal and litter control services on Galveston's East Beach, Stewart Beach, Seawall beaches located between 10th and 61st Street, Dellanera RV Park, Seawolf Park, and the West End Pocket Parks. The Coastal Zone Management department also performs debris removal as needed along the entire coast.Item Galveston Park Board Seawall Beautification Project Update(2013-04-15) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesItem General Principles for Seaweed Relocation Activities(2014-01-17) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesThis document has been prepared to help enhance the beach experience and improve environmental stewardship for the benefit of all beach visitors. The beaches of Galveston provide many unique and diverse recreational opportunities while serving as one of the Island’s primary economic engines that provide fully a third of all jobs within the city and are a major factor in Galveston’s future economic development. Given the critical importance of beaches, this document is intended to establish a framework to promote the use of a common terminology, environmentally responsible beach maintenance practices, and to provide a safe and aesthetically pleasing beach environment. These recommendations seek to foster the use of sustainable beach maintenance practices that provide the greatest public benefit, enacted in consideration for local beach dynamics, while using the least intrusive method possible. Many considerations factor into the decision process including: necessity, seasonal and species windows, potential impacts of activity, avoidance of native vegetation, and proximity to visitors. It can often be appropriate to take no action dependent on the location, volume of seaweed and time of year. The most common beach maintenance practices include seaweed relocation, litter control, and debris removal.Item Tonga National Marine Seaweed (Limu Tanga'u) Fisheries Management and Development Plan (2012-2013)(Minister of Agriculture and Food, Forests & Fisheries, 2012-10) Fisheries Management and Planning SectionItem Assessing the Value of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services in the Sargasso Sea(Duke University, 2014-07) Pendleton, Linwood; Krowicki, F.; Strosser, P.; Hallett-Murdoch, J.Item What is Being Done?(2015) Sand 'N Sea PropertiesItem The Farming of Seaweeds(Smart Fish, 2012-03) De San, MichelItem Park Board Beach Maintenance Policy(2013) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesItem All About Seaweed(2015) Sand 'N Sea Properties; Wardle, William J.Item Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute sargassum fact sheet(Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Inc., 2015) Doyle, E; Franks, JHave you noticed an occurrence of greater than normal amounts of sargassum on your beaches in recent years? Has it caused problems for you or local communities? Are other people in your country or island talking about sargassum?Item Seaweed Art Contest(2013-06-21) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesItem "Love Seaweed, Love Sea Life" Outreach Campaign(2013-06-21) Galveston Island Park Board of TrusteesGalveston Island is a popular beach destination, located on the Gulf Coast just 50 miles south of Houston. While the island receives visitors year-round, its peak months for visitation take place during summer when millions of visitors flock to its 32 miles of beaches. This heavy visitation period also coincides with the Gulf’s heaviest time for seaweed, which typically washes up on Galveston’s beaches May through August. The Galveston Park Board of Trustees, which manages the island’s public beach parks, does not remove seaweed from the beach because of its environmental benefits. Instead, it brushes seaweed away from the shoreline to create easier access to the Gulf for beachgoers. While some visitors don’t seem to mind the seaweed, a portion of vocal visitors find offense to the sight and smell of seaweed, labeling Galveston’s beaches as “dirty” in social media posts, complaints to the Park Board and other communications. In addition, for legal and budget purposes, in 2012 the Park Board altered its seaweed policy to no longer provide seaweed maintenance services to beach areas outside its jurisdiction. This change most drastically impacted the stretches of beach on the East End and West End where beach house rental properties are present.Item Social and Economic Dimensions of Carrageenan Seaweed Farming(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013) Valderrama, Diego; Cai, Junning; Hishamunda, Nathanael; Ridler, NeilItem Environmentally Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting in Northern Ireland(Environment & Heritage Service, 2007-03) Environment & Heritage ServiceItem City of Corpus Christi Beach Management Plan(2010-06-02) City of Corpus ChristiThe Corpus Christi Gulf Beach Adaptive Management Plan provides a scientific framework for prioritizing restoration actions, project implementation, monitoring, data synthesis, and applied studies to expand our understanding of the ongoing physical and ecological processes onsite. The project site is composed of the area between the for-dunes and the Gulf of Mexico. The City of Corpus Christi will develop plans in acordance with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Beach Maintenance Permit.Item Sargassum A Resource Guide for the Caribbean(Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST), 2015-07-21) Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST); Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA); Strategic Partner OBM International (OBMI)Item Fishery management plan for pelagic sargassum habitat of the South Atlantic region(South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 2002-11) South Atlantic Fishery Management CouncilItem Sargassum Management Brief(Center for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), 2016) Hinds, Catrina; Oxenford, Hazel; Cumberbatch, Janice; Fardin, Frédérique; Cashman, AdrianItem Beach Action Plan February 2012(2012-02) Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees; Beach Maintenance Advisory CommitteeItem Sustainable Enhancement of Protective Dunes Using Sargassum Sea Weed- A Galveston Island Pilot Project(2014-04-19) Figlus, JensThe purpose of this proposal is to determine the most appropriate dune configuration to protect Galveston Island and its associated development from storm surge and wave damage while at the same time maintaining a natural, aesthetically pleasing beach and dune system. We propose to collect washed-up Sargassum wrack from teh beach, bale it and incorporate the bales into the sand dune to add protective dune volume and spur natural dune vegetation.