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Buster the Crab claws its way home, sort of

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:31:49 EDT

Although only a shell of his old self, Buster the Crab has returned.

Like any good tale, especially in Ybor City, this one begins with a one-eyed sea captain and Ybor City native, Frank Pupello.

"I think it was in July of 1983," says the internationally known heart surgeon South Bimini in the Bahamas where we had taken our boat. Jim Perry was the sea captain. He was out of Tarpon Springs but had purchased a home on Bimini. Actually, the home had once been owned by Adam Clayton Powell Jr., that New York congressman who got in a lot of trouble and left the country...

Adopt a Coral Reef in The Bahamas!

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:38:58 EDT

Coral reefs are the foundation that sustains all life in the Caribbean and nowhere is this more apparent than on the reefs and in the communities of The Bahamas.

You can help protect the world’s most beautiful and diverse habitats when you Adopt a Coral Reef today.

With its many uninhabited islands and the clearest water in the world, The Bahamas harbors key populations of the Caribbean’s most iconic marine species, from Nassau grouper to bottle-nosed dolphins, bonefish to sea turtles. Tourists, drawn by the climate and the natural beauty of the Caribbean, account for nearly half of the region’s entire income and coral reefs provide more than $4 billion a year from fisheries, scuba-diving, tourism and shoreline protection...

(VIDEO) The 2010 Bahamas International Maritime Conference 2010

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:11:52 EDT

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The Bahamas International Maritime Conference and Trade Show (BIMCATS) 2010 results from collaboration of the Ministry of The Environment and Bahamas Maritime Authority with public and private sector partners and took place on Grand Bahama at the Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort from February 9th to the 12th.

The Bahamas Weekly News Team provides you with video interviews with Minister of the Environment the Hon Earl Deveaux; Ian Fair, Chairman of the Bahamas Maritime Authority; Carla Stewart, Director of Cruise Development, Ministry of Tourism; as well as coverage of the exciting live indigenous performances organized by The Ministry of Tourism Grand Bahama.

You will see excerpts of sultry Bahamian entertainment by KB, Jay Mitchell, The Backyard Dancers with the Island Boys Rake 'n Scrape Band, and the Julien Collie Dancers, and the Defense Force Pop Band during a Fish Fry event put on by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism ...

Bahamas now has fourth largest open ship registry

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:23:14 EDT

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a submitted statement on behalf of Bradley Roberts, National Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party. This statement is in response to comments attributed to Minister Earl Deveaux at a recent maritime conference about our ship registry.

The claim of being the third largest registered fleet in the world has been challenged by the Marshall Islands officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. This nation has a population of roughly 62,000 people. The details of the Marshall Islands Claim are outlined hereunder. If true, clearly Minister Deveaux is out of touch and is obliged to explain to the Bahamian people why the Bahamas has lost its prestigious number three ranking it has held for years...

(VIDEO) Extreme Cave Diving in The Bahamas - Tonight on PBS

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:31:31 EDT

"Extreme Cave Diving" premieres Tuesday, February 9 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS (please check local listings). Watch the TV commercial within.

"Extreme Cave Diving" follows a fearless team of scientists as they venture into blue holes—underwater caves that formed during the last ice age, when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today.

These caves, little-known treasures of The Bahamas, are one of Earth's least explored and perhaps most dangerous frontiers. The interdisciplinary team of biologists, climatologists, and anthropologists, led by renowned cave explorer Kenny Broad, discover intriguing evidence of the earliest human inhabitants of the islands, find animals seen nowhere else on Earth, and recover a remarkable record of the planet's climate...