A rescue mission is underway to save Barbados’ coral reefs, which have been impacted by a range of climate-related and other hazards.
Recent studies conducted by the Coastal Zone Management Unit and Barbados’ Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) reveal that 75 percent of the island’s near-shore reefs were in very poor condition, while 40 percent of the bank reefs were stressed.
“There are no areas of very good reef– none,” said Kirk Humphrey, the country’s Minister of Maritime Affairs. “All around Barbados you cannot find a spot with very good reef. It has also told us that herbivorous fish are on the decline in a number of areas.
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by Bajan Reporter / February 3rd, 2021
Police are investigating the suspected drowning death of 61 year old British visitor
Mark Smith, who was staying at Hibiscus Avenue, Sunset Crest, St James. Smith’s body was recovered from the sea in an area off Payne’s Bay, St James.
Circumstances
On Sunday 31st January 2021, Police at Holetown Station received a report that a man who was seen in the water located near The Beach House, Sunset Crest, St. James was struck by a wave which took him underwater and he had not resurfaced.
The Police Marine Unit, the Barbados Coast Guard and other personnel responded and conducted a joint search of the area on both land and sea without any sightings.
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AFTER EIGHT MONTHS stalled on the surface, Atlantis Submarines Barbados is again taking patrons to the depths of Barbados’ coastal waters.
Operations at the Shallow Draught in Bridgetown ceased on March 20 in advance of a full cessation of cruise and airline operations worldwide, an action Atlantis general manager Roseanne Myers said was taken to “protect staff” from the threat” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Business resumed on December 15, the official start of the winter tourist season.
Myers reported that it has been and continues to be “a long, hard road back to some sense of normalcy”. However, she added that during the down period, all efforts were made to support displaced staff and to plan for improvements in the operation.