Bermuda BREAM

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...