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Here we go again — sort of! After a seemingly interminable off-season, the sportfishing season is ready to swing back into action. This timing hearkens straight back to the day when the recognised fishing season commenced on May 1 and pretty much all...

Dear Sir, I have been following the progress of the Government’s fishing plans in your newspaper with great dismay. The fish are greatly depleted, here and worldwide, such that any plan to increase catches goes against common sense. The Bermuda Ocea...

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has invited the public to an online lecture on the protection of the island’s reefs against invasive lionfish. Weldon Wade, the founder of the marine protection group Guardians of the Reef, will give a status upda...

A survey on the public’s use of Bermuda’s marine areas will close next Monday. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme survey was set up to identify the top conservation, fishing and recreation areas as part of a bid to develop a marine management pla...

After the joint public announcement on September 30, 2020 by the Government and the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation about the launch of the Bermuda Triangle Fishing Co-operative, and the stated intent to “significantly increase Bermuda’s ann...

Efforts are under way to protect Bermuda’s native seagrass beds – and the species that rely on them to survive. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the ministry launched a restoration project last summer, installing large mesh cages over...

A lionfish hunting tournament organised through a mobile app reeled in almost 500 fish, the organiser said yesterday. Weldon Wade, who held the Bermuda Lionfish Grand Prix late last year, said that the month-long event had a great turnout despite the...

Penalties for the killing of protected species may be increased in the wake of The Royal Gazette’s report last week on the killing of parrotfish, it was announced today. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said he was outraged to learn of the k...

A conservationist said he aimed to combat the Atlantic invasion of lionfish with an extension of his fishing tournament to the Caribbean. Weldon Wade, the founder of ocean conservation organisation Guardians of the Reef, added he already had a Jamaic...

A scuba diver appealed for an investigation into a possible poaching incident after she found the butchered remains of a protected fish species. Natalie Price turned to social media to spread the word about the bodies of five parrotfish that she foun...

It won’t be long now. With the penultimate month of the year at hand and winter already exerting her grip on climes really not too far north of here, the onset of winter gales and the winter weather pattern can be expected imminently. While this does...

It’s all Greek to me and so much for the adage about “October, all over”! Who would have thought that yet another tropical system, a full-blown hurricane, no less, would be stampeding past these parts at a time when most people are carving up their p...