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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...

Environment minister Cole Simons is not prepared to lift the ban on weedkillers containing concentrated glyphosates “at this point in time”. The announcement, made at a stakeholder consultation meeting last night on the Glyphosate Monitoring Study D...

Ciguatera, an elusive food poisoning carried by fish, has been confirmed in 16 cases from November 22 to December 20, according to the Ministry of Health and Seniors. A further three people fell ill with ciguatera in January 2016 by eating portions o...

Several cases of foodborne illness from local fish, suspected to be caused by the ciguatera toxin, are under investigation through the Department of Fisheries. For Richalene Knights and her family, early symptoms mimicked food poisoning — then intens...

The Farmers’ Market will return to the Botanical Gardens this Saturday morning. Local farmers, fishermen, gardeners, cooks and artisans will be selling produce, farm-related items, plants and locally made or designed crafts directly to residents and ...

Hurricane Nicole left a trail of widespread and significant devastation to the island’s agricultural sector. The Category 3 hurricane ripped up newly planted seeds and damaged fruit and vegetable crops that were due to be harvested. Although farmers ...

The weather is having difficulties making the usual seasonal transition from summer to winter. After all, there really isn’t autumn here — it cools off and becomes the sort of summer most people dream about. Then, boom, in comes winter as the northe...

A rather grim outlook for the next week or so, with all this weather making the news. Given that, the commercial fleet will be looking to make sure that their lobster gear is safe and this will further reduce the priority of seeking fin fish. The few...

Boy, did Bermuda dodge a bullet. Any number of dire predictions and vivid memories of the likes of Hurricane Emily, Fay and Gonzalo had people rushing around like bulls in a china shop, laying in emergency supplies. Thankfully, the storm did not liv...

September continues and the fishing effort has taken a severe dip for a couple of reasons, one of which should be quite obvious. This refers to the commercial operators, most of whom are now shifting their focus away from finfish and redirecting it t...

After undertaking intensive training in Wales, Curt Selley has returned to Bermuda as Brown and Company’s newest tree surgeon. He completed an eight-week City and Guilds/National Proficiency Test Council training programme in arboricultural practices...