Bermuda BREAM

Below are restored links to BREAM news articles in the Royal Gazette from 2000 to 2009 that were lost when the newspaper changed their website . Bermuda's reef healthy despite global warming coral reefs to continue thriving while others have succumbed to the effects of global warming and El Nino. DATE: May 22, 2000 Giving the ocean a medical A new project launched by the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo will help pinpoint the healthiest areas of the ocean that surround the Island. Today is World Oceans Day and along with the Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM)... DATE: June 08, 2004 Bermuda could be a 'Noah's Ark' for reefs Bermuda's coral reefs are in such good shape compared to the Caribbean that they could be used as a "Noah's Ark" to re-populate destroyed reefs elsewhere. That was the positive news from Dr. Thad Murdoch of Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS), who is... DATE: July 01, 2008 Coral reefs are Bermuda's 'cr...

Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping Programme Chief Scientist: Dr. Thaddeus J. T. Murdoch, Ph.D. The B.R.E.A.M. programme was started in 2002 with the mandate to collect the scientific information needed to better enable the management and conservation of Bermuda’s marine organisms and habitats. The programme amalgamated many of the marine components of the Bermuda Biodiversity Project, which was started in 1996 by Dr. Wolfgang Sterrer, Curator of the Natural History Museum, and managed by Dr. Annie Glasspool. Since 2002 some of the major accomplishments of the members of the B.R.E.A.M. programme include: Mapping all coral reefs across the Bermuda Platform to a depth of 50 m Baseline surveys of fish and benthic community structure at 55 seagrass meadows and within over 200 coral reef sites from inshore to 30-m depth Producing a comprehensive biodiversity database accessible locally via the BNHM and globally through the REEF organization. www.re...

Scientist fears for the world’s coral reefs | Bermuda NEWS07

By Jonathan Bell - The Royal Gazette - link Bermuda's pivotal role in efforts to declare the Sargasso Sea a marine protected area (MPA) will appear in Time magazine, Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney yesterday revealed. The Island is said to feature prominently in an article by Bryan Walsh the writer also profiled the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in the online version of Time following his visit earlier this month. The MPA initiative was first mentioned during February's Budget by Deputy Premier Paula Cox. Mr. Blakeney said it had been deliberately kept "relatively quiet" until yesterday. "This is an ambitious project, and we didn't want to announce it with fanfare only to stumble at the first hurdle," he said, adding there was now the momentum, support and partners to make it happen. The MPA project would create one of the largest protected areas of ocean on the planet, the Minister added. No further details were given. "As Bermud...

Report from a Mission Blue hope spot: The Sargasso Sea

BERMUDA FISHERIES REGULATIONS 2010 BR 55/2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Citation 2 Interpretation 3 Issue of licences by the Director and Chairperson 4 Application for fishing vessel licence 5 Issue of fishing vessel licence 6 Fixed fishing gear 7 Register of licensed fishing vessels 8 Identification marks 9 Transfer of interest 10 Production of fishing vessel licence 11 Catch and effort returns 12 Register of fishermen 13 Designation as full-time fisherman 14 Use of fishing nets 15 General restrictions on taking fish 16 General restrictions on taking lobster 17 General restrictions on landing fish 18 Sale of fish taken from the EEZ 19 Sale of imported fish 20 Protected fish 21 Closed season for spiny lobsters 22 Spearfishing 23 Grant of licence to use fishing lines rigged with more than 15 hooks 24 Duty to return fish which may not be taken 25 Using fixed fishing gear 26 Use of explosives, poison, dredge or trawl 27 Prohibition against introducing live or unfroze...