Stakeholders meet environment minister to discuss BOPP

Representatives of industries that would be affected by the Blue Ocean Prosperity Programme met the environment minister to share their views, The Royal Gazette has learnt. Hoteliers, charter boat operators, dive shops, entrepreneurs as well as past and present commercial fishermen were […]

Advocates call for letters to MPs in support of BOPP

Environmental groups have launched a campaign urging members of the community to write to their MPs in support of the adoption of the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme. The Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce and Nonsuch Expeditions issued a […]

Campaign To Support Stronger Ocean Protection

Environmental organisations have launched a campaign “encouraging Bermuda residents to write to their elected representatives in support of stronger ocean protection.” A spokesperson said, “To mark World Marine Protected Areas [MPA] Day on August 1st, the Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda […]

Fishermen’s group submits counterproposal to BOPP

The Fishermen’s Association of Bermuda has submitted a counterproposal to the Government that includes a ring-shaped, no-fishing, marine-protected area beyond where local fishing practices take place, The Royal Gazette has learnt. The group, which takes the view that the Blue Prosperity Plan […]

Ocean prosperity support swells to $10.1m

Non-profit organisations partnering with the Bermuda Government to implement a marine spatial plan have invested $10.1 million over the past seven years, The Royal Gazette has learnt. According to parts of an official document seen by this newspaper, one of the organisations, […]

Marine Protected Areas

UK ratifies high seas protection treaty

Britain has ratified the landmark High Seas Treaty to help protect two thirds of the world’s oceans. The treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, could not be ratified independently of Britain by Bermuda, as a subcontinental […]

Activist vessel docks in St George’s en route to Europe conference

A sailboat full of climate activists stopped in Bermuda for three days this week in between environmental conferences. Ocean Rebellion arrived in St George on Monday to meet with Bermudian environmental groups, on its way to the international Climate Justice Flotilla […]

Crucial report released on role of Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea Commission has released a report described as “groundbreaking” on the ecological and economic value of the sweeping area of the North Atlantic where Bermuda is situated. Published during World Ocean Month after four years of research, the […]