publishing schedule, it emerged yesterday.

When Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson discussed the paper in April he said he hoped it would be published within the following three months.

But the number of submissions received by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has created a massive amount of work for staff there, said Director John Barnes.

Local residents were encouraged to give their thoughts on the Island's marine resources and the fishing industry so that the Environment Ministry could draft a Green Paper which would serve as a discussion document for Government when the time came to make new policy.

Government received more than 100 submissions including one-page documents, video tapes, extensive scholarly documents and overseas submissions.

Local submissions came from fishermen from the Bermuda Industrial Union, the National Trust, Friends of Fish and the Bermuda Zoological Society.

THIEVES RAID CARS CRM Thieves raid cars Thieves targeted vehicles on Elliott Street over the weekend.

On Sunday, between 5.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., a taxi parked outside St. Theresa's Cathedral was raided. A Maglite torch was stolen.

And a CD player, cellular phone, pager and cash were taken from a car parked close to the first vehicle.

An eyewitness reported seeing a dark skinned male inside the car and making his escape on a red rental cycle.

VISITOR FOILS BURGLARY CRM Visitor foils burglary A visitor staying at Loughlands Guesthouse on South Road, Paget, awoke to find a man trying to enter her room.

The incident happened at 4.45 a.m. yesterday, when the woman discovered the man, wearing a helmet, on the balcony. He fled the scene.

A man was later apprehended and is helping with inquiries.

IMPAIRED RIDER BANNED CTS Impaired rider banned A night out on the town with his friends has cost a young accountant his driving licence.

Edward Geraghty, a chartered accountant with KPMG, was pulled over by Police at 1.25 a.m. yesterday after they spotted his Peugeot motorcycle speeding along the wrong side of Crow Lane, Hamilton, at high speed.

Junior Crown counsel Veronica Daley told Magistrates' Court that when Police stopped Geraghty, his breath smelled strongly of intoxicants.

When asked if he had been drinking, he replied: "I had a few drinks at the Pickled Onion with some friends.'' She said that when he was cautioned for drink driving, he said: "Oh hell, that's not called for.'' A breath test taken at Hamilton police station showed Geraghty had 157 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Geraghty, of Cherry Dale, Smith's Parish, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs and was banned from driving for a year and fined $450.

MAN STOLE WEED-EATER CTS Man stole weed-eater An unemployed man who was wrestled to the ground by a school maintenance manager as he tried to steal gardening equipment from Saltus Senior School has been jailed for three months.

Robert Hewey was caught as he tried to run off with the weed-eater from an unlocked store room in the grounds of the school on St John's Road, Pembroke, at midnight on Saturday.

Hewey, 50, who pleaded guilty to theft, told Police that he needed the equipment.

Hewey, of the Salvation Army shelter at Hamilton, also pleaded guilty to trying to steal two cases of breakfast cereal worth $94 from the Shopping Centre on Victoria Street on July 31.

He told the court he was hungry and intended to eat the food. Hewey, who has previous convictions for similar offences, told the court he was on medication and hadn't been feeling well.