227 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Environment"
More than 600 lionfish were speared last month as hunters dived into the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby.
Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD thesis on lionfish in Bermuda, said that while the number of hunters doubled since last year, the ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A reinsurance company has donated $12,500 to the Bermuda Turtle Project.
Global Indemnity Re, which has supported the Bermuda Zoological Society for four years, made the donation to mark the turtle conservation scheme’s 50th anniversary.
Marie Joell...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary this week by announcing that a new Bermuda Triangle exhibition is in the works.
Guests were invited to the event on Tuesday evening where the BUEI’s general exhibition space...
DATE: Jul 28, 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
Education minister Cole Simons chaired the third joint meeting of the Sargasso Sea Commission and the Signatories to the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea in Horta, Azores.
According to a press release, pa...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A satellite transmitter crucial to the Bermuda Turtle Project has been found by a reef diver in the Bahamas.
The equipment was used to chart the progress of Hardy, a green turtle who swam 1,000 miles from Bermuda to the Caribbean country last year.
I...
DATE: Apr 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A floating rubbish bin will help keep the marina at Hamilton Princess and Beach Club free of litter, thanks to Butterfield Bank.
The Bermuda-based bank and trust company has joined the Seabin Global Pilot Programmes and will install a pre-series V5 ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cases of abuse towards animals are reported on a weekly basis, according to the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Inspector Chris Coleman spoke about animal abuse on the island, its relation to violence with people, the SPCA’...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A new facility for larger animals has been opened at the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter in Paget.
The Stempel Stables, made possible by the generosity of the Ernest E Stempel Foundation, will allow SPCA staff and vol...
DATE: Sep 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Devonshire residents have called on the Bermuda Government to sort out the mountain of blue bags being stored at the old recycling facility. With the Material Recovery Facility in Hamilton Parish only working “sporadically” since March, a backlog of ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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