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10/20/2015 09:37 AM
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Daily Herald story Anyone familiar with the machine they are talking about to remove seaweed?
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There are many machines from tractor pulled, self-propelled riding, to pushed like a lawnmower. I'd assume its not good to be a turtle egg with the machines but the seaweed is also not good for the eggs/hatch lings either.
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I assumed they were talking about a different type of machine, they said that it left the sand intact and just skims the seaweed.
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Exactly....more than just raking it it skims the top few inches off and sifts the material on a mesh conveyor belt and puts the clean sand back. I still wouldn't want to be a turtle egg although most are probably not hurt by this intrusion. ![[Linked Image]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/i94JLKfIPSw/hqdefault.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.beachcleaner.com/uploads/5/8/9/9/5899959/1326128864.jpg)
Last edited by Mantas; 10/20/2015 11:09 AM.
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Thanks for the picture and diagram!Now it makes sense.
Still not good for any turtle eggs close to the surface....
![[Linked Image]](https://www.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/4;10765;128/st/20210429/e/Our+Vacations/dt/0/k/d77d/event.png) Ann & Steve
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These machines are called beach/surf rakes and are used by New Jersey beach towns every morning to groom the beaches. I was wondering when SXM would discover them.
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Half the problem is collecting it and the other half is finding somewhere to put it. On Orient, Club O seems to have a plan but everyone else is ad hoc including burying it on the beach which creates quite the stinking mess.
Everyone would love to have such a machine if they could afford it.
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