turkey s president erdogan has pledged to defeat a plague of so called sea snot that s threatening the sea of marmara. a thick layer of the slimy sludge is blanketing harbours, shorelines and the sea bed. courtney bembridge reports. this is the so called sea snot, suffocating the sea bed. a thick, slimy layer of organic matter has spread through the sea of marmara, south of istanbul, threatening marine life and the fishing industry. translation: of course this affects our work. - look at the mussels and the sea snails, it kills everything. you know what it does to the shellfish? when they open up, it prevents them from closing up again, because it gets in the way. all the sea snails here are dead. the sea snails die, the fish die, they can t breathe. scientists say climate change,
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