Juvenile fish dead @Salt Pond in Anegada
-a team from the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change on site to assess
Juvenile fish died in the Salt Pond in Anegada following sargassum ingress into the pond. Photo: Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change is assessing the situation where dead fish were found at the Salt Pond in Anegada. Photo: Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
The team from the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change at the Salt Pond in Anegada on May 1, 2026. Photo: Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change is assessing the situation where dead fish were found at the Salt Pond in Anegada.
According to information obtained from residents on Anegada, the sargassum seaweed infiltrated the pond near the entrance of the Flamingo Pond Lookout.
District Nine Representative and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley, confirmed the subsequent dying of “juvenile fish” following sargassum ingress into the Salt Pond.
A critical ecosystem
“A team from the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change was dispatched to Anegada to assess the situation and come up with a solution,” Hon Wheatley added in his statement today, Friday, May 1, 2026.
The minister said he is awaiting the report and action plan following the team’s visit, as “it is a critical ecosystem that must be protected”.
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