The DESMI Sea Turtle Sargazo Project

In 2015, DESMI began the DESMI SEA TURTLE – SARGAZO initiative.

- to find an alternative solution to handle the massive algae arrival on the Caribbean beaches and the first sargazo mechanical remover unit was named DESMI SEA TURTLE. It was based on a weir skimmer unit with a special arrangement that allowed the removal of the sargazo algae from the water free of sand.

After 4 different trials, the MESH BOOM was designed in 2018 and widely tested in more than 6 different environments focusing our efforts in non-protected areas with waves.

Nowadays more than 20km of MESH BOOM has been installed and continue in operation, specially protecting public beaches, due its strong and easy to maintain construction materials.

Actual efficiency reached the 90%.

Three different sargassum removal devices have been developed having as a target to deliver the most cost-effective way to remove sargassum with the lowest energy consumption.

Special DESMI floating barriers were designed to deflect the seaweed. All eco-friendly and able to withstand long-term environmental conditions.

The initiative produced a configuration efficiency of up to 80%.

By January 2016, DESMI successfully installed the first complete DESMI SARGAZO BOOM configuration.