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Blue Marlin donated for study
Monday, July 14, 2014

Blue Marlin donated by the Billfish Tournament to the Ocean Vet team for research was hoisted for delivery to the Spanish Point Boat Club on July 11, with the 573 pound fish requiring a team of workers and several pieces of equipment to get it loaded and moved.


Minister Reports On State Of Bermuda Coral
Friday, July 11, 2014

In the House of Assembly today [July 11], Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment Jeanne Atherden delivered a report on the state of health of the coral reefs found in Bermuda’s waters and the Caribbean, citing the report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network [GCRMN] released last week.



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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!

Deep sea squid found off The Reefs
Royal Gazette
Saturday, March 28, 2015

By Jonathan Bell
Published Mar 28, 2015 at 8:00 am (Updated Mar 28, 2015 at 12:50 am)

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A screen grab from Choy Aming's Facebook newsfeed that shows the deep sea squid

A squid carcass several feet long that washed up at a beach in Southampton looked so alive that diver Choy Aming had to check to make sure.

The four-foot squid was spotted yesterday morning by his friend Travis Lewis, who was working on decking at The Reefs hotel.

“The body was so fresh that when I hosed it off, the tentacles kept sticking to my hand,” Mr Aming said.

“At first I gave it a little wiggle just to see if it would move; it was that fresh.”

The diamondback squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus, had probably died that morning. The body retained its distinctive red pigment.

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“I knew they exist in the area, but I’ve never seen one,” he said.

“The egg sac is about three or four feet long and looks like a purple slinky — a lot of time out whale watching I have run across them in the water.”

The squid’s red colour indicates that it lives in deep water, Mr Aming said, explaining that redness is a common trait of deep sea creatures, as red is one of the first colours to disappear as light filters into the sea.

“It was probably 40 pounds. It took the two of us to carry it off.” Mr Lewis subsequently drove the squid to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo for study.

The animals, which are so-called for their shape, frequent depths of around 160ft, but are known to come up near the surface at night. Diamondback squid are found around the world in tropical or subtropical waters.