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Fishermen split by reef predator reportThursday, May 11, 2017
The surest way to secure Bermuda’s reef fishing industry is to impose further restrictions and a ban on the sale of certain species according to lifelong fisherman Alan Card.
Rescue plan could stress out turtles
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
A plan to relocate sea turtles in advance of the America’s Cup has sparked concerns from environmentalists about the impact on the animals’ health.
Greenrock On Relocation Plan For Sea Turtles
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
“Greenrock was surprised by the announcement to capture and relocate sea turtles from the Great Sound for May and June, it is certainly an interesting initiative, and one that raises some questions for consideration,” Greenrock Executive Director Jonathan Starling said.
Great Sound turtles ‘moving home’ for Cup
Monday, May 08, 2017
Sea turtles are being temporarily relocated from the Great Sound to keep them out of harm’s way during the America’s Cup.
Sea Turtles Being ‘Temporarily Relocated’
Sunday, May 07, 2017
[Updated] In “anticipation of intense boating activity in the Great Sound,” the America’s Cup Bermuda is “coordinating a temporary sea turtle relocation project,” in which “sea turtles will be netted based on methods used successfully for turtle tagging operations and temporarily relocated inside a purpose-built ocean enclosure” near the Aquarium in Flatts.
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By Dr. S.R. Smith
Curator, Natural History Museum
The sailing research vessel Sea Dragon headed out to sea on Friday, June 5th to gather data on the Sargassum community around Bermuda, sponsored by the BAMZ support charities, the Atlantic Conservation Partnership and the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Dr. Robbie Smith, Curator of the Natural History Museum, led the team of Bermudian and US scientists and students for a three day expedition south of Bermuda. The crew consisted of Amy Harvey of the Bermuda College and two of her students, Joshua Stevens and Gary Taylor, Abbie Caldas of Greenrock, Kyla Smith from BIOS, Hannah Frith, a Bermudian undergraduate from Oberlin College, graduate student Pearce Cooper from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama, graduate student Leslie Acton from Duke University and her professor Dr. Lisa Campbell.
The team collected Sargassum and described the diverse community within the seaweed. Pearce hoped to collect many fishes for comparison to his work in the Gulf of Mexico. Leslie is a marine policy student, and she and Lisa wanted a close-up look at Bermuda’s EEZ, as part of their study on Bermuda’s approach to ocean governance. Other work included surface tows to estimate floating plastic marine debris, night-time plankton tows to catch small vertically migrating deepwater fishes and also the deployment of a vertical longline to catch deepwater fishes and squids. Dr. Smith also kept an eye out for seabirds.