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Officials there say they&#8217;ve identified the source of a &#8220;strong odor&#8221; that smells like rotten eggs.<\/p>\n<p>The city explained on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cityofgloucester\/posts\/pfbid02dCKFsnFu2cN5xybuPcrisj86mpgaUej8dUcMxq6gpwKD4nDjpgFJPLJiDTaRYV7yl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> on Wednesday that Heterosiphonia japonica, an invasive Japanese seaweed, is causing the smell in East Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it washes ashore and decays, it releases a rotten egg-like odor that can seem concerning, but it&#8217;s a natural process,&#8221; the city said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-facebook-post embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/facebook-sdk\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cityofgloucester\/posts\/pfbid02dCKFsnFu2cN5xybuPcrisj86mpgaUej8dUcMxq6gpwKD4nDjpgFJPLJiDTaRYV7yl\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064784433839\/posts\/1224469999722470\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Noticing a strong smell around East Gloucester? \ud83c\udf0a <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re aware of the strong odor in East Gloucester. The smell is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cityofgloucester\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">City of Gloucester, MA<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064784433839\/posts\/1224469999722470\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wednesday, September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The invasive seaweed arrived on the North Shore thanks to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-erin-track-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hurricane Erin<\/a><\/span>, which brought rough surf and big waves to the East Coast in late August and forced several Massachusetts beaches <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/hurricane-erin-beaches-closed-massachusetts\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to close<\/a><\/span> for swimming because of dangerous rip currents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last week&#8217;s hurricane winds pushed large amounts of this seaweed onto our shores, and high tides carried it into the Good Harbor estuary,&#8221; the city said. &#8220;Without another strong tide to pull it back out, it&#8217;s sitting and decomposing, which is what you&#8217;re smelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The red seaweed was first recorded on the East Coast in 2009 when it was collected off Rhode Island, according to the Smithsonian <a href=\"https:\/\/invasions.si.edu\/nemesis\/species_summary\/13421#:~:text=Algae,south%20to%20the%20Western%20Mediterranean.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>. It spreads aggressively and has been connected to fish die-offs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents on social media compared the smell to gas, and some complained of a sewage-like odor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a very nasty, pervasive stench,&#8221; one commenter wrote. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t your typical seaweed, low tide odor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It smells horrendous,&#8221; another said. &#8220;I thought a large mammal died in the marsh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city said the smell should gradually go away as the seaweed breaks down.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/neal-j-riley\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Neal  Riley<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Neal J. 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