Scarborough Leader cites Sea Grant statistics in article on invasive algae
The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Scarborough Leader article about invasive red algae on Pine Point Beach. A resident of Pine Point told councilors that over the last three years the red algae seaweed has been plaguing the beach, according to the article. She said the seaweed, which may be Heterosiphonia japonica, is native to Japan and has been transported to the United States on ship hulls, the article states. According to Maine Sea Grant, the seaweed was first detected stateside in Rhode Island in 2007 and came to Europe in the mid-1980s.