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Sea cucumbers may seem an unlikely source of revenue. But behind the scenes in a small facility on Coney Island, aquaculture experts are investigating the potential of farming this valuable and vital marine species. The ground-breaking work could hel...

Information about the nutrient value and mercury concentrations in fish is now available via a mobile phone application. BeneFISHiary targets all residents wanting to know more about local and imported species, but it is particularly aimed at empowe...

Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Environment, has said that her department would consider putting extra regulations on recreational fishing in Bermuda. Ms Atherden was speaking in response to calls from commercial fishermen who fear their livelihoods...

Commercial fishermen are calling for tougher regulations on recreational fishing as they battle to protect their livelihoods. Those who fish for a living say they are struggling to make ends meet — often forced to take a second job — while they are b...

Illegal fishing has spiked as families have been hit by Bermuda’s struggling economy, according to government’s head fisheries warden. Fishermen are calling for better enforcement of the fishing laws — and the public are urged to act as witnesses — a...

Toxins from fossil fuels are causing a worrying number of deformities in the Island’s pond life according to recent research. A study by the Bermuda Amphibian Project, led by principal investigator Jamie Bacon, found deformities in a quarter of all t...

A drop of nearly 20 percent in the commercial spiny lobster market this season signals an end to the bountiful harvests of years gone by, according to monitoring statistics by the Department of Environmental Protection. But more striking was the num...

It’s six fifteen in the morning; dawn now sweeps gently across a chain of reefs stretching Northeast toward Wreck Hill in Somerset. Ten yards from the boat a turtle breaks the ocean surface, letting out a wet sneeze as it takes in a new breath before...

Scuba divers, snorkellers and free divers are now able to obtain a permit to spear lionfish anywhere on the Bermuda platform. Lionfish culling permit courses are now being offered as part of the Bermuda Lionfish Task Force Control Plan and the Ocean ...