Friday, June 5, 2026

Putting muscle into fight

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THE FIGHT AGAINST the Sargassum seaweed has led to the development of a new tool.

Yesterday Mark Hill, of Biogen, debuted a contraption which could either be drawn by horse or pulled by hand to sieve the seaweed from the sea or sand.

He will get a chance to test it commercially later this week.

Here, Okera Hall (left) and Mark Hill dragging the netty invention through the water. (Picture by Heather-Lynn Evanson.)

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