Pres­i­dent of the To­ba­go Ho­tel and Tourism As­so­ci­a­tion (TH­TA), Regi­nald MacLean, says de­spite spend­ing over a quar­ter-mil­lion dol­lars to fight Sar­gas­sum sea­weed, the cri­sis is on­ly get­ting worse.

And he’s now call­ing on the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) and Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to step in, as his as­so­ci­a­tion joins a mul­ti-mil­lion-dol­lar UNDP part­ner­ship to com­bat the prob­lem.

He says the sea­weed is not just an eye­sore; it is dri­ving vis­i­tors away, nar­row­ing beach­es, and drain­ing busi­ness own­ers, who are forced to spend hun­dreds of thou­sands of dol­lars to keep shore­lines clean.