CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) said today that it is working to minimize the effects of the decomposing sargassum seaweed that has been impacting the Red Hook area on St. Thomas.
The excessive amount of decaying sargassum seaweed has caused the depletion of oxygen in the bay thus producing a rotten stench, DPNR Commissioner Dawn Henry said.
Due to the stench, the Division of Fish and Wildlife located in Red Hook will be closed today, Thursday May 10th.
Henry said she apologizes for “any inconvenience this may cause and anticipates normal office hours to resume on Friday, May 11.”