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The Bermuda Turtle Project [BTP] said they are “excited to be kicking-off our 50th celebrations in conjunction with the Bermuda Post Office release of a First Day Cover stamp issue featuring sea turtles of Bermuda and our 50 years of work.”
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Wednesday, April 04, 2018
On Monday [April 2], a local vessel reported a “migrating whale found distressed with entanglement in rope or wire” and it was concluded that Bermuda at this time, “lacked the necessary specialist equipment to assist the whale.”
Video: Family Films Hammerhead Shark
Wednesday, April 04, 2018
A family said they found themselves privy to a rare sight as they paddle boarded close to Flatts Inlet recently, as a shark made a surprisingly close approach that they were able to catch on video, which went viral after being posted on social media.
A Team Tackles a Troublesome Fish
Thursday, March 15, 2018
It is often said that good things come in groups of three, and that might be the case for a trio of research projects aimed at reducing a recent, but growing, threat to Bermuda’s marine biodiversity: the invasive lionfish.
Photos: BZS Participants Get Their ‘Zoom’ On
Thursday, March 15, 2018
This past Sunday, 11th March, over 450 fundraisers biked, ran, walked, paddle boarded and rowed in the Bermuda Zoological Society’s [BZS] annual Zoom Around the Sound race.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
Published Feb 28 2013 at 8:00 am
By Jonathan Bell
Minister of Health and Seniors Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and the Minister
of Environment and Planning Sylvan Richards held a joint media briefing
to expand on their respective Ministries budgets on Wednesday
(Photo by Glenn Tucker)
Bermuda’s Aquarium is to get a new roof, Environment and Planning Minister Richards announced.
The job has been budgeted at $2.2 million.
“The main building at the complex is rather old, and it is important that we take steps now to secure the integrity of the roof before the problems we have detected worsen,” Mr Richards said.
The main building at the Bermuda Aquarium dates back to 1926.
Mr Richards added that any work done would not “severely impact the operation of Bermuda’s most visited attraction”.
However, the Bermuda Zoological Society’s grant for “very popular education programmes” had to be eliminated as part of spending cuts, he said.
“We regret this sacrifice, but under our current budget constraints, we do not have any other option,” said Mr Richards, calling it a tough decision that had to be made.
The Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences will keep its funding at a level that “barely allows us to maintain the Marine Environment Programme and the Air Quality Programme that they manage on our behalf”, he added.
Departments within the Ministry of Environment and Planning “will only provide the basic mandated services”, the Minister said.
Eighty-one percent of its allocation goes to wages and salaries.
“That leaves only 19 percent to pay rent, purchase paper and keep the lights on.”
Mr Richards also said responsibility for the Marketing Centre, which provides farmers with seeds, pesticides and other agricultural supplies, has been shifted from Conservation Services over to Environmental Protections.