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Birds, birds, birds! Like it was straight out of a Hitchcock movie. A lovely calm day, nothing but the horizon and a few clouds to behold and then toss a handful of chum into the water. Seconds later, before there is even a mackerel in the slick, the...

OK, picnicking is done. It is time to go fishing. As far as the fish are concerned it is high summer offshore and even the inshore and reef species are making their presence felt as evidenced by recent efforts. The BFCAT tournament was a resounding s...

Blame time! Is it going to be the weather, that all too often used and yet perennial scapegoat? Or the spouse insisting that the boat be ready for the picnic on Friday coming? Could it be the “nip and tuck” action in the English Premier League that i...

So, where is everyone? It is not like the fishing and boating season has not started yet. Granted, the commercial fleet have been plying their trade with some success and a few weekenders have put in an appearance offshore, but overall there just is...

Wouldn’t you know it! After weeks of benign weather, the first tournament of the new year comes along and in moves a northwesterly gale to put paid to any piscatorial endeavours last weekend. As a result, the 2022 BFCAT tournament is now slated for ...

Welcome back! You made it through yet another winter! Time now to get the boat in shape and to dust off the tackle that you have been meaning to fine tune since September but have still not gotten around to. Many will be thinking that, with any luc...

A US Coast Guard crew and a Bermuda Government representative were able to take a closer look at activity in international waters in a joint fisheries operation, the US Consul-General said yesterday. USCGS Angela McShan patrolled waters seaward of th...

A US Coast Guard ship was arrived in Bermuda yesterday as part of a fisheries enforcement operation. USCGS Angela McShan is the first of three US Coast Guard ships that will patrol seaward of the Bermuda Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends 230 mil...

Sharks and rays in Bermuda’s waters are to get more protection – but some shark fishing will be allowed. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday that all sharks except Galapagos sharks, six-gill sharks, gummy sh...

Fisherman Ronald Bean is lucky to be alive after he was rescued from his capsized boat

The eighth annual Winter Lionfish Derby took place throughout January with 47 active participants catching a strong haul of 804 lionfish. The overall tally is slightly lower than the record 1,215 lionfish culled during last year’s tournament, but is...

Bermuda is becoming more vulnerable to storms and its fish stocks are under threat from climate change and rising sea levels, a report has warned. The report said that Bermuda’s waters had become “warmer, saltier, more acidic and less oxygenated...