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A limit drastically curtailing lobster fishing licences just weeks before the season resumes has taken the community by surprise. “It’s like a secret edict,” said longstanding fisherman Ted Gauntlett, about restrictions that would bar hundreds from a...

Livingston McKenzie tirelessly fishes at his favourite spot just outside the mouth of Devonshire Bay and his patience paid off just before Cup Match with a prize catch: a rockfish weighing more than 100lbs. Most visitors to the South Shore inlet pref...

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...

Going Back to the Land?! We should definitely encourage the public to go back to the land. By doing so we would alleviate some of the dependency on imported produce and we would actually be able to save money. Instead of constantly shelling out mon...

Predatory fish once common in our waters including groupers and snappers are at “critically low numbers”, causing a threat to Bermuda’s coral reefs, according to a new report. Scientists Thaddeus and Jessie Murdoch released the report through the Be...

Ag Show organisers have hailed the success of another exhibition that attracted tens of thousands of residents — both young and old — from across the island. They praised the tireless work of the many volunteers and the contributions of several corpo...

Fishing in Seasonally Protected Areas, also known as “Hind Grounds” and “Grouper Grounds”, will be prohibited from April 15 to protect spawning red hinds, the Ministry of Environment has announced. According to a statement, the decision to bring the ...

Chris Faria has an answer to the high cost of food: grow your own. He and his wife Alba started farming in their backyard about a year ago. Everything, from strawberries to garlic, comes out of the 500 square feet they set aside at Spanish Point. “W...

Preparations for this year’s Ag Show at the Botanical Gardens are well under way, according to organisers. The 2017 event, which will take place between April 20 and 22, will see the return of the tug-o-war competitions as well as the usual collectio...

A satellite study of the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone has revealed little evidence of illegal fishing, according to the Ministry of the Environment. A statement by the ministry said that they had recently received a preliminary analysis of three ...

Ronnie Lopes’ passions don’t often merge. The 59-year-old is a poultry lover, with 70 chickens in his back yard. He also loves entertaining a crowd. “I sing and I play the drums,” he said. “And no, I don’t sing to my chickens.” Everything came togeth...

Third generation fisherman David Soares landed the biggest tuna caught in Bermuda’s waters on Saturday morning and he did so single-handedly in 15 minutes flat. The Bermudian, who said he has had it confirmed by the fisheries department that the 100...