The southern-most breaking reef in Bermuda is not a coral or rock formation but made from fossilized prehistoric worms. The structure is incredibly strong and can easily withstand the strong winter storms.
Today was a fine day to be surveying the coral reefs around Bermuda; calm seas, blue skies and plenty of healthy reefs to see. In a narrow band, along the south side of the island are algae cup reefs or ‘boiler reefs’ as they are locally known. The top of these reefs grow very close to the surface (and are often exposed) so water churning over them looks like it is boiling; consequently, continue reading
The Consultation Document “Bermuda’s Exclusive Economic Zone and Its Future” serves as a tool to inform and assist the public in better understanding the issues and implications associated with establishing a marine reserve. Findings from experts in economics, science and our cultural history are summarized in this detailed report, along with how to participate and a selection of options.
N.b Responses received after 31 October, 2013 cannot be included, so if you intend to respond by post, please ensure that your response will reach the Sustainable Development Department by the deadline.
So what happens if your drop your favorite anchor overboard? Why does everything look kind of funny underwater? And why do SCUBA divers wear something that looks suspiciously like a set of bagpipes? All these questions and more are answered by our BioNauts!
The Explorer program is a week long course offered by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, aimed at introducing young adults to the marine environment through field trips, classroom activities and SCUBA diving.
‘Mary Lee‘ is a 16 foot long, mature female, great white shark that (since tagged in September of 2012) has swum the entire Eastern Seaboard of the USA from Massachusetts to Florida and as of February 21st, 2013 is cruising around the island seamount of Bermuda!
Shark Name: Mary Lee Species: Carcharodon carcharias Gender: Female Stage of Life: Mature Length: 16 ft. Weight: 3456 lbs.Tag Date: 17 September 2012 Tag Location: Cape Cod Description: Mary Lee’s name comes from Chris Fischer’s mother. “My parents have done so much. I was waiting and waiting for a special shark to name after her and this is truly the most historic and legendary fish I have ever been a part of and it set the tone for Cape Cod,“ says Chris.
Specialists find and are able to identify a plane that disappeared in the ocean 60 years ago. Brilliant footage of the mysterious wreckage in this video from BBC show Bermuda Triangle.
From the 1980 album ”Barry” released worldwide. The vinyl single as in a 45 was released in the UK but as Barry has said many times ”it wasn’t a hit any where but the UK” !
Neil is the Senior Veterinarian @ Endsmeet Animal Hospital and Director: of the independent research programme The Bermuda Shark Project while Choy Aming is the research co-ordinator.
Osbourne the dusky shark has lived in the North Rock tank at the Bermuda Aquarium for 6 years. After having outgrown the tank and regularly sparring with a giant grouper named Vader, it was decided that for his, aquarium staff and the other tank inhabitants’ own safety he should be returned to the sea. But can a shark be returned back to the wild and survive after living for 6 years in captivity? Dusky sharks are considered “vulnerable” in the Atlantic and “near-threatened” around the world because of commercial and recreational fishing. What are Osbourne’s chances of making it in the wild? And does this heighten public fears about sharks in local Bermuda waters?
Where did Osbourne go? Osbourne the dusky shark was released back into the sea from the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo in March 2012. He was fitted with a PSAT tag just before his release. Dr. Neil Burnie explains where he has been.
What makes this area such a hotbed for catastrophe? Are natural phenomena wreaking havoc here, or is it something “out of this world?” The National Geographic gives their evaluation …
8-year-old Elsa Stevenson, narrator of the award winning documentary Where The Whales Sing produced by her father Andrew Stevenson (founder of the Humpback Whale Research Project, Bermuda) has her first encounter for an hour and a half with a female, calf and escort humpack whale.
At times they seemed more interested in her than vice versa. I am sure they recognised that she was a human ‘calf’. The mother repeatedly swam towards us within ten feet and less to look while her calf hid underneath. Elsa also used her own underwater camera to film two ‘dancers’ that danced around us, apparently more interested in wooing us than each other. This was her favourite experience.
For a year and a half she has been a member of a swim club and swum three times a week, one and a half hours per session, to become proficient enough at swimming that I would take her with me. In the end, she was like a squid, darting about here and there and with my 55-pound camera I was incapable of keeping up with her.
The Warwick was a 16th century English Merchantman which sank in Castle Harbour, Bermuda in 1619
On October 20th, 1619, en route to Jamestown Virginia, the merchant ship “Warwick” belonging to Sir Robert Rich, the Earl of Warwick made a scheduled stop in Bermuda. The Warwick’s arrival was an important event for the island. On that voyage, the ship was charged with delivering Captain Nathaniel Butler, the new Governor of the nascent colony. Apart from delivering Butler, the Warwick was to carry supplies and settlers to the struggling colony at Jamestown, Virginia, and collect colonial products, mostly tobacco, for return to England.
While the Warwick was in port, a devastating hurricane wreaked havoc on the islands of Bermuda. Amongst the victims of the tempest, was the Warwick which sank at its anchorage in Castle Harbour. (P. Bojakowski)
“The Warwick entering Castle Harbour”. Painting by Stephen Card circa 1980 ( Private Bermudian collection)
The Warwick is located in the shallow, protected waters of Castle Harbour. A good portion of the starboard side of the ship is still preserved from near the keel to an upper deck and has never been fully excavated, recorded, or analyzed until now.
A shipwreck afforded settlers an opportunity to better their lives with salvaged goods. And most Bermuda settlers were involved in wrecking-no matter what their station in life. Even Nathaniel Butler (Governor of Bermuda 1619–1622) got into the act.Butler began his career in Bermuda, ironically, with a shipwreck. In 1619, the Bermuda Company sent him to the island aboard the Warwick. The ship, owned by the Earl of Warwick, went down in Castle Harbour. –
Teddy Tucker
