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Between February and May 2009, a study was conducted on Songo Songo Island in southern Tanzania, one of the worst-affected regions. The water's average temperature was 35.7 2.4 °C, which was higher than what was seen in seaweed farms in other parts of Tanzania. The salinity was 34.7 ppt, which is
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decreased, and it rose when there were less farmers and more seaweed produced. Thus, the production of seaweed in Songo Songo has dramatically decreased as a result of high surface water temperatures combined with fouling, epiphytism, and ice-ice illness symptoms. The formerly profitable seaweed
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was seen. Production of seaweed dropped from 423.9 t in 2003, valued at $ 82,000, to 26 t in 2008, only about $ 4,500, and 28 t in 2012, valued at $ 4,300. When production peaked in 2003, there were the most farmers (809), which fell to 320 by 2008.
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There is a long and complicated history of the Songo Songo integrated gas-to-electricity project that began in 1974 with the discovery of an offshore natural gas deposit by the Italian oil company
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environments, where it used to grow successfully, are experiencing farming failure.
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is now rarely produced in some regions due to the sharp decline in production.
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on the island. As of November 2020, it was served, along with nearby
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Similar to many other nations where eucheumatoid seaweeds are cultivated,
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farming industry in Songo Songo Island, has almost completely ceased.
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When there were more farmers and more seaweed produced, the number of
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is dying off in Tanzania. Many cultivation locations in shallow
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Songo Songo Island is located in Tanzania
Sea of Zanj
8°31′22.7″S 39°30′04.1″E / 8.522972°S 39.501139°E / -8.522972; 39.501139
The Songosongo Archipelago
Tanzania
Lindi Region
Kilwa District
Songosongo
Swahili
Matumbi
Swahili
Songosongo Archipelago
Songosongo
Kilwa District
Lindi Region
Tanzania
Songo Songo Airstrip
Matumbi
AGIP
Kappaphycus alvarezii
intertidal
Seaweed
Ice-ice
fouling
fishing vessels
aerodrome
Mafia Island
Coastal Aviation
Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation

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