# Mexico and Spain launch Caribbean sargassum research initiative > Fieldwork in Mahahual involved 16 fishers and two tourism providers. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Science - Country: Mexico - Published: 2026-10-16T16:20:29+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:20:29+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-10 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean.md) Mexico’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Institute (IMIPAS) and Spain’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) launched a bilateral initiative on managing and sustainably using sargassum in the Mexican Caribbean. The work will examine distribution, coastal conditions and interactions with fisheries, tourism and maritime activity. Fieldwork in Mahahual involved 18 local participants: 16 fishers and two tourism-service providers. The ministry said the project will combine field measurements with local fishers’ knowledge. It is a research and planning initiative; the announcement gave no measured quantity of sargassum collected. ## Data ### Participants in the Mahahual fieldwork Breakdown of the 18 local participants reported by the source. Methodology: Counts are of local participants; they are not a measurement of sargassum biomass. | Participant group | People | Location | |---|---|---| | Local participants | 18 | Mahahual | | Fishers | 16 | Mahahual | | Tourism-service providers | 2 | Mahahual | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean/data/mahahual-participants?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-launches-research-alliance-for-sargassum-use-in-caribbean/data/mahahual-participants?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (AGRICULTURA)]() (Source checked: 2026-10-16; Published: 2026-10-10) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)