Comments on: Concern Over Coot Pond ‘Commercialisation’

By: Food for Thought

Food for Thought — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:11:09 +0000

Shelly Bay is also protected against jet skis, no? It’s also a breeding ground for fry and other small bait fish. It’s also an excellent source of sea grass for turtles and parrot fish. You’ll often find heron looking for their dinner along the shallows. Let’s NOT relocate this jet ski business to Shelly Bay.

Where is the Minister of the Environment on these issues? Mr. Richards – with your recent re-election, perhaps help to shed a little light?

Stay positive Bermuda; stay peaceful as issues are resolved. ✌

By: Cromwell

Cromwell — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:01:09 +0000

“The BTA should not imply they support environmentally damaging activities” by their omission they are doing just that. Money and their improved tourism figures before the environment. That is self destructive behavior and some time in the future will be found politically unsustainable.

The OBA should be held accountable. The previous Minister Cole Simmons would not have allowed that Coot Pond situation to happen or his own voters would turn against him.

Cole you need to fix the situation now before the election.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:51:56 +0000

Not good, that needs to be addressed right away, the caves and the area are protected or supposed to be the eco-system within is fragile, apparently no one is monitoring the situation and all the mud and sunblock and god knows what else may have caused irreversible damage already.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:59:16 +0000

The caves in Tom Moore’s jungle are being destroyed by the tour operators taking group after group in there off the cruise ships. Apparently that asset belongs to them. I went for the last time with my family last summer and one of the tour guides tried to make me line up to go in the cave. The line they wanted us to stand in (which I absolutely refused to stand in…who did this youngster think she was?)was comprised of cruisers all standing in thick brown mud created by group after group coming out of the cave wet from swimming. All that mud ended up in the cave on the feet of subsequent groups. I have watched groups throw those glow sticks into the cave and never retrieve them. Sad.

By: Stuart Hayward

Stuart Hayward — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 01:14:29 +0000

Hey Leslie, it’s pretty obvious that we (BEST) need someone like you to help us select targets for our attention. Come on over to the green side. Give us a call and help us do it right.
-Stuart Hayward 292-3782

By: Vote for Me

Vote for Me — Wed, 31 May 2017 23:31:25 +0000

Come on people.

Recommend an alternate location.

Clearwater Beach, St. George Harbor, Tobacco Bay??

By: Real Onion

Real Onion — Wed, 31 May 2017 21:37:54 +0000

LEAVE COOT POND ALONE!…..Case Closed.

By: Clarity

Clarity — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:42:36 +0000

The bay will be permanently mashed up in a month of temporary activity . The BTA should not imply they support environmentally damaging activities even if they are “temporary”.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 31 May 2017 17:50:34 +0000

But what BEST omits is the strong, unified voice exerted by area residents, which brought this dismal affair to light. The article could mislead the reader into thinking BEST was the primary, initial objector. But then again; BEST knows politics…and to this day, they tacitly avoid major enviro-impacts such as ‘Raw-sewage Discharge into Inshore Waters’; The use of Castle Harbour East as a Dump-site for Mixed-metals being a perennial “top two enviro-insults which have managed to escape the scrutiny of our government and local environmentalist-nogo’s.”
This matter will undoubtedly be discussed at the next Marine Resources Board meeting next on Tuesday, June 6th. The main mission has been accomplished, in any case.

By: redamtibi

redamtibi — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:52:37 +0000

When will we learn? If this beautiful area is commercialized it is finished…never to be the same.

By: Hopeful............

Hopeful............ — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:09:06 +0000

Which authority grants permission for the water sport to operate in this area? If this is a “closed area”, how then, were they permitted to operate. Minister for the environment should pull the permission immediately…………

By: save out environment

save out environment — Wed, 31 May 2017 12:52:00 +0000

There are a few things here that need looking into can someone look at the original MOU and the paper trail carefully you will discover that the persons in Parks made certain recomendations the tourism authority and PS marched to a different beat that created this problem