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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 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 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”.

7 Responses to “Juvenile fish dead @Salt Pond in Anegada”

  • Where's Pico with is rich friends? (01/05/2026, 14:20) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hope a solution can be found for this fragile ecology.
  • Funny (01/05/2026, 15:19) Like (34) Dislike (1) Reply
    there used to be a net people would pull over to protect the pond but now its gone and so are all the fish, these people from NRCC don't have a scooby doo whats going on, telling people to let the sea do its natural thing and now up inspecting tryong to stop the sea doing its natural thing....
  • Xxx (01/05/2026, 16:48) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    Global warming
    • WOW (04/05/2026, 11:06) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Amazing that people think this is not related to what humans are doing. It doesn't matter if you get your info from Fox News or some other source telling you that nature is just nature and we can't anything to change it. We already have and we continue to change it. Those in denial are simply in denial because it suits them. Those who live and work in nature all over the world know it is changing and can see the effects we humans are having on it.
      The BVI needs to wake up!
  • Fran (01/05/2026, 18:59) Like (22) Dislike (1) Reply
    So, no one saw the sargassum entering the pond to clear it away? Only after the damage was done, but too late!!!
  • The watchdog (02/05/2026, 08:30) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    The end of the world is near


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