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September 26, 2018
BNT urges caution in opening up Pelagic species to commercial fishing

The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) noted the remarks of the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Honourable Michael Pintard, in The Nassau Guardian August 24th when he stated the intent of his Ministry and the Department of Marine Resources...

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March 12, 2013
Case Studies on Flyingfish and Large Pelagic to be discussed in Dominica

Belize - The Second Joint Meeting of the CRFM/CLME Flyingfish (FF) and Large Pelagic Fisheries (LP) Case Studies Steering Committees will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 11, 2013, at the Garraway Hotel in Roseau, Dominica. The maximum total annual landings of flyingfish in the Eastern Caribbean...

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Fishing Report
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July 11, 2014
Fishing Report

Nassau: Various charter captains report catching a few mahi and tuna. They say that the fishing has been better in the late afternoon...

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May 30, 2014
Fishing Report

Nassau: The charter boat captains report that they have been very successful catching mahi offshore. There have been bonito, blackfin and yellowfin tuna offshore in the late afternoon under the birds. There have been a quite a few marlin released...

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May 23, 2014
Fishing Report

Nassau: Captain Paul Smith reports catching a lot of tuna in the afternoon about 3 miles off of Sandyport...

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May 02, 2014
Fishing Report

Nassau: The charter boat captains report catching mahi and yellowfin tuna offshore this week...

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October 16, 2013
18-foot, serpent-like sea creature found off California

A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish...

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January 19, 2021
BAMSI Shark Research Experience

An exciting new collaboration has developed between the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) and non-profit Saving the Blue...

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September 24, 2018
Longline fishing 'must not be allowed'

THE Bahamas National Trust is strongly opposed to the introduction of longline fishing within the country's economic exclusive zone - a destructive practice it warned that could change the Bahamian way of life forever...

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