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1/16/2012 5 Comments

LA Times talks SURF RAKE Seaweed Cleanup

The Los Angeles times recently picked up a story from Ft. Lauderdale that discusses how effective the SURF RAKE is at picking up seaweed and other beach debris. In addition to removing man-made garbage from the beaches, it highlights an environmentally beneficial use for the massive amounts of seaweed the SURF RAKE removes from the beach--compost. Some highlights:

"The seaweed is constant. In November, said Almy, the beach patrol picked up 300 tons of seaweed, which is moved from the bucket of the Surf Rake into a dump truck and hauled off for composting."

"Beach cleanup begins at 5:30 a.m., when Bennie Lynch fires up one of three new Caterpillar Challenger tractors: ... rubber-tracked yellow and black behemoths that pull a Barber Surf Rake so sensitive it can pluck a cigarette butt from wet sand."

Find the full article here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-florida-beaches-20120108,0,1637350.story#tugs_story_display

5 Comments

Bernhard Jutsch link

2/5/2012 07:56:52 pm

We would like to know if you really mean "seaweed" in the sence of algae, and not "seagrass", the marine flowering plant which must be distinguished from seaweed, which are algae.

Kevin Barber link

2/9/2012 05:52:39 am

Hi Bernhard--Thanks for your question.

When we refer to seaweed in the beach cleaner industry, we primarily use the term to describe any dead plant life that ends up on the beach. This is obviously an oversimplification from a scientific standpoint, but most people interested in beach cleaning refer to it as such.

In a more ecologically accurate sense, our machines typically remove seaweed, as in algae, that washes ashore. In many locations around the world, a sudden change in the weather or ocean conditions have caused colossal amounts of kelp and sargassum to wash ashore. Especially in towns and areas that depend on tourism to sustain their economies, removing this kind of seaweed proves essential.

Occasionally, we'll remove dead seagrass from the beach, as in the flowering plants you described, but our machines do not actively remove it from its natural habitats under the water.

I hope this clarifies the issue. Also, I clicked through your profile to find Aquazosta. What aspect of Marine plant bio-tech does it engage in? All the best,

Kevin

Drusy Reed link

6/21/2012 11:57:11 am

Great information and site

Hallo, Kevin,

4/23/2014 10:21:37 pm

Hallo, Kevin,

coming back two years later, I will inform you in place of Bernhard, that AQUAZOSTA is worldwide the only producer of seagrass as a raw material and ingredients of seagrasses (eelgrass e.g. Zostera marina L), refinement into micropowders, extracts (botanical complex MAREZOSTIN), dealing with research & development of new products made from Zostera marina for health care & wellbeing, cosmeceuticals, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals (food/feed) as well as the production and marketing of these innovative goods.

If you have inquirements concerning the seagrasses, we would be pleased to come into further contacts: 2 years ago, a demonstration of the BARBER SURF RAKE S Belt in Germany was very successful to treat this beach cleaner type as a "gathering machine" for seagrass. With our know-how for the value added chain "From ocean to market", potential partners are welcome for co-operation.

Do you have used second-hand machines, type BARBER SURF RAKE S-BELT, for a testing phase?

Looking forward to your reply and

best regards,

Christel Dötsch

AQUAZOSTA® MB
Marine Plant Biotechnology
Königstraße 12
D-19069 Alt Meteln

Phone +49(0)3867-530239
Fax +49(0)3867-530238
E-mail doetsch.aquazosta@t-online.de
www.aquazosta.de

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LA Times talks SURF RAKE Seaweed Cleanup

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