Ma muli o nā pilikia i hāpai ʻia e sargassum ma kā Belize ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ua kōkua ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻo Belize i ke kōkua no nā mea kuleana noho i nā wahi sargassum i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma Belize. Hele mai kēia ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o nā kipa pūnaewele i mālama ʻia i ka mahina i hala e kahi hui o nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ka BTB, e nānā i nā wahi i loli nui ʻia a e kūkākūkā pū me nā mea nona nā waiwai kahakai e pili ana (nā kahakai kahakai) a me nā lālā o ka Sargassum Task Force (STF), me ka manaʻolana o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā i hoʻohui ʻia e hoʻoponopono i ke kūlana.

Ua komo pū ka hui o ka BTB me Hon. ʻO Manu Heredia, Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi a me nā Mokulele Kūloko, ʻo Mr. Einer Gomez, ka luna o ka papa alakaʻi, BTB lāua ʻo Mrs. Karen Bevans, ka luna hoʻokele.

I ka hopena o kēia mau kipa, ua ʻae ʻia ke kōkua aʻe a e hoʻokō koke ʻia, e kōkua i kēlā mau waiwai i hoʻopili ʻia e sargassum.

• 2% mai ka ʻauhau hōkele 9% e uku ʻia, ʻo ia ka hōʻemi 22.2% o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻauhau hoʻokipa no nā waiwai kai kahakai āpau i hoʻopili ʻia e sargassum, ma nā wahi ʻehā i pili o San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Placencia a me Hopkins. Pili kēia hoʻēmi i ka ʻauhau noho mahina no nā malama ʻehā ʻē aʻe ʻo ʻOkakopa, Nowemapa, Kekemapa 2018 a Ianuali 2019.

• Eia hou, ma ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a BTB, ua ʻae ke Aupuni o Belize e hiki ke noi i nā pono kai ma nā wahi ʻehā i pili e makemake ana e lawe mai i nā mea sargassum a me nā pono hana / mīkini, no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hana mai ka Kuhina Waiwai ma o ka BTB.

• Ua ʻae ke Aupuni o Belize e hāʻawi i $ 1.5 miliona no BTB e kōkua i nā kino kaona ma San Pedro, Caulker, Placencia a me Hopkins i ka paʻa a me ka kaohi o sargassum.

Kuhi ka BTB i ka hopena o nā waiwai a me nā wahi i kū i mua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o kā lākou hoʻomaʻemaʻe, hoʻolei ʻana i ka sargasssum, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā mea pale a me nā hana hoʻoliʻiliʻi kahakai. No laila ke hoʻokipa nei ka BTB i nā ana i luna, e kōkua ai i nā waiwai i hoʻopilikia ʻia i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ke kau huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe.

Ke koi aku nei ka BTB i nā mea kuleana a pau a me ka lehulehu e makaʻala no ka nūhou e puka mai ana mai ka STF ma nā mea hou e pili ana i ka sargassum. Aia ka pūʻulu hana me NEMO, ke Keʻena lawaiʻa, Ministry of Tourism, ka BTB, ka Coastal Zone Management Authority, Ministry of Health, ka Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), ka Belize Hotel Association (BHA), nā mea kuleana a me nā ʻelele. ka San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Hopkins a me Placencia Village Council. Ke hoʻomau nei ka STF i ka noiʻi a me nā kūkākūkā no kahi hopena lōʻihi o ke kūlana sargassum.

Hoʻomaopopo hou ka BTB i kāna kūpaʻa paʻa ʻole i nā kūkākūkā mau ʻana me nā mea kuleana i pili i ka pilikia o sargassum a e hōʻoia i ka pale ʻana o kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻokipa pīhoihoi.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

This comes on the heels of several site visits conducted last month by a BTB team of senior officials, to assess the areas severely impacted and to consult with owners of affected coastline properties (beachfront properties) and members of the Sargassum Task Force (STF), with the hope of designing a concerted strategy to address the situation.
The task force is comprised of NEMO, the Fisheries Department, Ministry of Tourism, the BTB, the Coastal Zone Management Authority, Ministry of Health, the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), the Belize Hotel Association (BHA), stakeholders and representatives of the San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Hopkins and Placencia Village Councils.
• In addition, on BTB's advice, the Government of Belize has agreed that coastline properties in the four affected destinations wishing to import sargassum materials and equipment/machinery, can apply for duty exemption from the Ministry of Finance through the BTB.