Protected Marine Invertebrates, Reptiles and Mammals of Bermuda

-
Will add links and photos when I get a chance...

Protected species
The taking of any "fish" of the following types anywhere within the exclusive economic zone is prohibited—
(1) Marine turtles of all species (Reptilia, Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) ;
(2) Marine mammals of all species (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) ;
(3) Corals of all types, (including stony corals, sea rods and seafans) ;
(4) Queen conch (Strombus gigas);
(5) Harbour conch (Strombus costatus);
(6) Bermuda cone (Conus bermudensis);
(7) Netted olive (Oliva reticularis);
(8) Bermuda scallop (Pecten ziczac);
(9) Calico scallop (Argopecten gibbus);
(10) Atlantic Pearl Oyster (Pinctada imbricata);
(11) Helmets and Bonnets of all species (Mollusca Cassididae);
(12) Calico clam (Macrocallista maculata);
(13) West indian top-shell (Cittarium pica),

Freshwater molluscs
Ancylus bermudensis
Pisidium volutabundum

Reptiles
Bermuda Skink (Eumeces longirostris)
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Loggerhead Tutle (Caretta caretta)
Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Cave Organisms
Copepods
Antriscopia prehensilis
Erebonectes nesioticus
Paracyclopia naessi
Speleophira bivexilla
Speleohira scottodicarloi
Nanocopia minuta
Speleithona bermudensis
Spelaeoecia bermudensis

Isopods
Atlantasellus cavernicolus
Currassanthura bermudensis
Bermudalana aruboides

Amphipods
Idunella sketi
Cocoharpinia iliffei
Pseudoniphargus grandimanus
Bogidiella bermudensis
Ingolfiella longipes

Shrimps
Typhlatya iliffei
Procaris chacei
Mictocaris halope

Mysids
Platyops sterreri

Segmented worms
Phallodrilus macmasterae

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

LION FISH TOURNAMENT

-
Image
Prior BREAM research intern Matt Strong is hosting a Lionfish Tournament next weekend: SHOW SOME REEFSPECT AND "EAT'UM TO BEAT'UM" Host: GROUNDSWELL Price: $15 per individual & $30 per boat Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009 Time: 7:00am - 3:00pm Location: Pier 41 Marina - Dockyard Phone: 7047413OR3314440 Lion Fish Tournament Aug 23rd JUNGLE RULES APPLY Safely catch as many Lion fish as you can; spear them, hook them, net them. Basically get them how ever you can legally and safely. All Lion Fish Catches accepted - no size or number limits Tournament time: Sun-up to 3 p.m. SET ON AFTER at PIER 41 MARINA IN DOCKYARD From 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Weigh-in and Awards/Prize Giving Lion Fish- Handling, Preparation and Tasting Big Tune by Harrington Sound... THESE FISH ARE DANGEROUS TO HANDLE. THEY HAVE VENOMOUS SPINES. EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE HANDLING. ENTER TOURNAMENT AT YOUR OWN RISK. We will have two information sessions and lion fish collection permit cou
Read more

Clod cards are what??

-
Image
By Brittany Huntington, Doctoral Student, RMSAS Univ. of Miami and BREAM summer graduate intern, funded by ACP What are these? Fossilized marshmallows? White chocolate petite fours? No no…this is real science people! This abundance of ice cube shaped trapezoids are nicknamed “clod cards”: a simple yet effective way to measure water movement as a proxy for current and flow exposure at underwater sites (developed by Doty et al., 1971). The mechanism is straight-forward. These plaster of paris ‘clods’ are all identical in composition, shape and size. Each clod should therefore dissolve slowly underwater at a constant rate. By weighing the dry clod cards before deployment, leaving them underwater for a fixed time period (usually between 24-48 hours) and then collecting them and re-weighing each clod, we can determine the precise weight of plaster of paris lost from each card. Clods losing more weight were exposed to greater water flow than cards exposed to less water flow. I am a visi
Read more

Mapping Bermuda's Coral Reefs

-
Image
BREAM, as part of the Bermuda Biodiversity Project at BZS, has developed the most comprehensive maps of Bermuda's coral reefs and other marine habitats that exist. In this post we will describe how we mapped all of the 35,000 patch reefs in the North Lagoon of Bermuda. Our goal was to create a Geographic Information System (GIS) of all the reefs found around Bermuda. A GIS is a computerized map that also contains information about each object mapped. Computerized maps are better than paper maps because once you put all the information you know into the program, you can then ask it to tell you new information which the program can calculate based on what you told it. Some questions you can ask a computerized mapping programme are listed at the bottom of this post. Before we mapped the location of each reef into a GIS (also called a geo-referenced map database) , we needed a set of images of the entire Bermuda reef platform. The BBP, with assistance from the Dept. of Conservation
Read more