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NEWS BEAT Continued from page 73 State Affairs Committee. “This is a starvation issue. There’s not enough seagrasses that are available to the manatees.” Officials noticed a sharp rise in manatee deaths from December 2020 through May 2021, when the sea cows congregate in warm waters. During that period, 677 manatees died, when typically only 156 die, Tucker said. While manatee mortality leveled out after May, when the mammals extend their range in summer and fall, the state recorded 968 manatee deaths in 2021 through October. The previous annual high was 830 deaths in 2013. Big manatee die-offs in past years have been attributed to more transitory events, like algae blooms and unusually cold weather, but the seagrass problem could take longer to reverse. Efforts are being made to replant seagrass and restore clam and oyster beds so the mollusks can help filter the water. “This is something that we’re going to be trying to manage and improve over the course of years and maybe decades,” Tucker said. Republican State Rep. Thad Altman, who represents Brevard County, where manatees typically thrive, said it will be difficult to regrow the seagrass unless the water gets cleared up. He said the manatees are now even eating seagrass roots, permanently killing the aquatic plants. S
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