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Lionfish expert Corey Eddy is to give a talk at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute this evening to discuss a project on sharks and other ocean species.
The talk, “Lionfish, Dusky Sharks, Hogmouth Fry ... Oh My!” starts at 7.30pm. It will c...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Consignment store Orange Bay Company is going green with the introduction of a new Bring Your Own Bag initiative.
The Victoria Street shop has put an end to giving away shopping bags with every purchase. Instead, shoppers are asked to bring their ow...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The seventh annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament was another roaring success this year as 92 fish were swept up from the ocean.
There were 110 lionfish hunters this year and the biggest fish caught on the day was 17½ inches, by longtime tournament ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
What started as an experiment to go plastic free for an entire month has become a way of life for Alba Fernandez.
The environmentalist knew that eradicating plastic from her life completely was a near impossible task given the packaging that comes ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The surest way to secure Bermuda’s reef fishing industry is to impose further restrictions and a ban on the sale of certain species according to lifelong fisherman Alan Card.
Members of Bermuda’s fishing communities have weighed in on a report rele...
DATE: May 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The underwater war being waged on Bermuda’s lionfish took a giant leap forward yesterday morning as a prototype submersible robot caught one of the invasive predators via remote access.
A hefty team of scientists, conservationists and roboticists ga...
DATE: Apr 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Public Works has reminded the public that pollution is considered an offence in light of an “unscrupulous offender” dumping large volumes of raw sewage in a green space.
The ministry reported that the offender is regularly dumping la...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Executive director for Greenrock, Jonathan Starling, has called for a bottle deposit system in Bermuda which will see returned glass exchanged for cash.
Mr Starling was speaking in light of the glass that was littered over Horseshoe Bay after the Cu...
DATE: Aug 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a report of grease balls on Grape Bay Beach.
However, according to the ministry, routine seawater samples, as of Monday this week, have been clear.
A spokeswoman said: “The seawater quality is being retested and...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Environment minister Cole Simons says the Bermuda Government will consider legislation banning glass bottles on beaches if the problem of broken glass persists.
He spoke after several people were reportedly cut by discarded glass on Bermuda’s most po...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan