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A new free-admission scheme could attract the Ag Show’s biggest crowd, the event’s organiser said yesterday. Jeff Sousa explained that this year’s agricultural event, which starts tomorrow, would offer free admission to children aged under 16 and s...

Fishing will be restricted to protect red hinds and black groupers from April 15. Seasonally Protected Areas will be in place until August 15, with an extended area around important black grouper aggregations enforced until December 1. Catch limits f...

Inmates have produced items for the Ag Show. It came after exhibition director Antwon Albuoy donated tools to Westgate Correctional Facility for its vocational workshop programme. National security minister Wayne Caines said: “The Department of Corre...

Seniors and children will have free entry to the Ag Show for all three days this year. Sponsors Axis Capital and HSBC have made the gesture to ensure as many people as possible can enjoy the cultural and agricultural heritage on April 19 to 21. Axis ...

A fisherman’s whopping catch of a 110lb black grouper this week won praise from friends, who highlighted Chris Burgess as “a steward with a conscience” when it comes to protected species. Mr Burgess landed the giant off the Shore Shore near Castle Ha...

A scheme to take invasive lionfish out of the sea and put them on dinner plates is to expand. The number of hunters is to double and permits will run for a year instead of six months. Tammy Warren, senior marine resources officer, said: “Initially it...

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 ...

Record-breaking commercial fisherman David Soares is celebrating another big catch after landing a 471lb tuna. Mr Soares was fishing alone near Challenger Banks at about 10am on Friday when he hooked the massive bluefin tuna. He said: “I knew it was ...

Fewer fishermen and smaller annual catches tell the tale of a struggling trade, according to industry insiders. The recently released 2017 Environmental Statistics Compendium reveal that fish landings for 2016 totalled 394 metric tonnes; a drop of mo...

A farm that raised a stink among its neighbours has started to clean up its act. However, some residents living near Green Land Dairy Farm in Smith’s insisted that the work was too little, too late. One, from Store Hill, said that most neighbours bel...

Plans to set up an aquaponics farm on Smith’s Island have been approved by the Department of Planning. The farm, earmarked for the site of a former cottage, is described as a pilot scheme to test the viability of the farming method in Bermuda. Aquapo...

The island’s largest Farmers’ Market “in several years” was formally opened by public works minister Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch yesterday. Colonel Burch was joined by home affairs minister Walton Brown for the event at the Botanical Gardens and ...