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Fishing has been banned in an area north of St George’s until the end of June to protect a species of fish.
A Government notice said that Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, had ordered an immediate prohibition of fishing in a fish aggregation a...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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Environment
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News Staff
Lovers of Bermuda’s iconic Longtail can now watch a chick being raised by its parents in a nest on Nonsuch Island thanks to modern technology.
Following on the wildly popular cahow cam, the longtail cam is a livestream of a chick hatched on April 24...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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Environment
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News Staff
A virtual event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the rediscovery of the cahow will take place next Thursday.
The celebration, from 1pm to 2pm, will be hosted by Amy Harvey, the Bermuda College head of science, and will run place on Facebook and ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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Environment
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News Staff
Divers Choy Aming and Blake Burgess came to the rescue of a distressed turtle this week after an appeal for help went out on social media.
Tara Leane Sullivan, whose house overlooks Hamilton Harbour, spotted the turtle struggling to stay afloat some ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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Environment
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News Staff
Trash collection schedules will change next week and the following week to accommodate public holidays.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that waste usually collected on Wednesdays and Thursdays will be collected only on Wednesday nex...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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Environment
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News Staff
Penalties for the killing of protected species may be increased in the wake of The Royal Gazette’s report last week on the killing of parrotfish, it was announced today.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said he was outraged to learn of the k...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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Environment
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News Staff
Almost 30 people have completed an eight week workshop to promote the growth of fruit and vegetables at in their yards and neighbourhood gardens.
The Eat, Grow, Save course, run by Kevin Santucci, also a pastor, was designed to boost healthy eating...
DATE: Oct 18, 2020
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News
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News Staff
Pollution levels around the Belco power station are to be monitored by environmental officials after complaints from residents in the area.
The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources said a mobile air-quality monitoring station, bought by ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Environment
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News Staff
Power firm Belco has apologised after soot from its plant landed on nearby homes.
A Belco spokesman said: “We would like to sincerely apologise for this incident and undertake to quickly do everything we can to mitigate the impact to the surrounding ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2020
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Environment
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News Staff
Bermuda will host a three-day course about shoreline clean-up in the event of an oil spill.
Oil spill response expert Edward Owens will lead the course and train 17 people from the Bermuda Government in shoreline clean-up and assessment technique.
Ei...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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News Staff