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NEWS AND HOT TOPICS ___________________________ The Protected Species Amendment Act 2011 is now in force. The commencement notice appeared in the official gazette on January 20th. The Order listing the affected species was also published. ________________________ The Department of Parks has released the catalogue for the 2012 Agricultural Exhibition. Choose your entry and get growing! _________________________ Increased Penalties for harming Bermuda's protected species On Friday (Nov 25th), Bermuda's House of Assembly passed amendments to the Protected Species Act that will increase penalties for harming Bermuda's protected species. The changes include a new maximum of a $25,000 fine or two years imprisonment for offenses related to species falling under the Category 1 classification, which include the Cahow, Spotted Eagle Ray, Bermuda Skink and the Green Turtle. For the full list of Bermuda's protected species go to our Protected Species page. For the full Minister's statement please go to the article found in BerNews. ___________________________ Bermuda shipwreck featured in Archaeology Magazine Archaeology Magazine's November/December 2011 issue (Vol. 64 #6) featured an article Letters from Bermuda: Secrets of a Civil War Shipwreckby Dr. James Delgado. The article describes the sinking of the American Civil War blockade runner Mary Celestia on a Bermuda reef and the 2011 excavation of the wreck by scientists from NOAA and the Bermuda Government.	RECENT PUBLICATIONS Cahow Breeding Season Report 2010-2011 Gecko Sighting Form Agricultural Embargoes Whale Watching Guidelines Poison Ivy ID sheet The Cahow Recovery Program Breeding Season Report for 2010 The Riddle of the Crest [video] Skink Recovery Plan Cup Match Turtle Alert Fern Species Recovery Plan Coral Reef Economic Valuation Brief Species Recovery Plan for the Bermuda Land Snail (Poecilozonites circumfirmatus) Total Economic Value of Bermuda's Coral Reefs: Full Report
SPECIES SPOTLIGHT Our Species Spotlight blog provides in-depth descriptions of species of interest. Have you visited Spittal Pond lately? Did you see a large white bird? Read more about the Great Egret in our January Species Spotlight.

NEWS AND HOT TOPICS

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The Protected Species Amendment Act 2011 is now in force. The commencement notice appeared in the official gazette on January 20th. The Order listing the affected species was also published.

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The Department of Parks has released the catalogue for the 2012 Agricultural Exhibition. Choose your entry and get growing!

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Increased Penalties for harming Bermuda's protected species

On Friday (Nov 25th), Bermuda's House of Assembly passed amendments to the Protected Species Act that will increase penalties for harming Bermuda's protected species. The changes include a new maximum of a $25,000 fine or two years imprisonment for offenses related to species falling under the Category 1 classification, which include the Cahow, Spotted Eagle Ray, Bermuda Skink and the Green Turtle. For the full list of Bermuda's protected species go to our Protected Species page.

For the full Minister's statement please go to the article found in BerNews.

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Bermuda shipwreck featured in Archaeology Magazine

Archaeology Magazine's November/December 2011 issue (Vol. 64 #6) featured an article Letters from Bermuda: Secrets of a Civil War Shipwreckby Dr. James Delgado. The article describes the sinking of the American Civil War blockade runner Mary Celestia on a Bermuda reef and the 2011 excavation of the wreck by scientists from NOAA and the Bermuda Government.