by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 15, 2021 | Top Stories
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, points to the divers as they prepare to go underwater to replant staghorn corals at Carlisle Bay. (C. Pitt/BGIS) A rescue mission is under way to save Barbados’ coral reefs, which have been impacted by...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 4, 2021 | Top Stories
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey. (FP) Barbados’ south and west coasts will be designated as marine managed areas. This would see the areas of Fitts Village to Weston, along the west coast, and the Pier Head to Rockley, on the south...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Sep 4, 2019 | Top Stories
(FP) Cabinet has given its approval and Government is moving ahead with its plan to establish marine managed areas across Barbados to protect the coral reefs and prevent overfishing. And, it is expected that there will be additional support in policing the island’s...