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More rubbish than seaweed By TPN/Lusa, in Renewable · 13-12-2020 10:00:00 · 1 Comments A study by researchers at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto (CIIMAR) concluded that on five beaches in the north there was more waste than sargassum (a brown seaweed). Speaking to the Lusa agency, Marcos Rubal, a researcher at the University of Porto centre, explained that initially the team s aim was to study sargassum, understand its ecological importance and how this resource, a result of the natural deposition of seaweed and algae on beaches, could be valued. However, when they began to analyse this natural resource in five beaches of the North region - Praia de Moledo, Vila Praia de Âncora, Praia do Cabedelo, Praia de São Pedro de Paramos and Barrinha de Esmoriz - they were shocked by the amount of rubbish that appeared mixed in with the seaweed .