Councilmember Scott Peters introduced the resolution, who will soon be calling for a City Ordinance banning the sale of Caulerpa taxifolia within City limits. Marine biologists led participants through the tidepools and taught about the animals and plants that are potentially threatened by this aquarium plant that has devastated large parts of the Mediterranean and was recently found in Carlsbad. About 200 people attended the event, including elementary students, high school students, college students, teachers, professors, biologists, botanists, among others. Click here to learn more about this destructive seaweed .
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