In recent years, many Pensacola beachgoers have seen headlines about massive blobs of seaweed floating off the Florida coastline and decided to steer clear of the water.
Turns out, tourists from across the country are doing the same.
A new study from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute breaks down the estimated annual economic loss to coastal economies from mats of malodorous sargassum and now there’s a price tag on what the incursions may be costing the state…