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Experts say the discovery of a dead shark on a South shore beach this week might indicate commercial longline fishing activity not far from Bermuda’s shores.
Video footage of the creature was circulated on social media, including to Choy Aming, of th...
DATE: Apr 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
What started as a school assignment to clean up a beach has turned into a passion for a schoolboy.
Now Nash Storey, 11, is the unofficial caretaker at Grape Bay Beach in Paget.
The 11-year-old, a pupil at Somersfield Academy, carried out clean-ups ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Mandatory trash recycling could be on the cards, the Minister for Public Works has signalled.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said: “I am increasingly leaning towards seeking approval for mandatory recycling as those who do recycle appear to have no r...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Dominican Republic has become the latest country to sign up the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea.
Walton Brown, home affairs minister, said: “I am delighted to have the Dominican Republic join our Sar...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
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...
DATE: Apr 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Earth Hour events have been postponed due to the threat of bad weather.
Dockyard was due to host live entertainment, food vendors and speeches tomorrow evening. Those will now take place on April 21.
Organisers Greenrock urged people to switch their ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Greenrock would like to remind the entire community to shut off any unnecessary lights this Saturday at 8:30pm in support of the Earth Hour Campaign. As a result of support from the Bermuda Government, Wedco, BELCO, Corporation of Hamilton, Corporati...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Kim Smith has taken over as executive director at the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce.
Alma Dismont and Lynne Matcham have also joined the board at BEST, whose long-serving chief advocacy officer Stuart Hayward retired at the beginning...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
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 ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda is to find safe homes for two endangered native species of snails bred in captivity in Britain.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources wants to put the snails on islands without major predators.
A spokeswoman said: “In 2004, and ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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