Tag: Pickle Bank

CCMI to explore 12-Mile Bank and Pickle Bank

CCMI to explore 12-Mile Bank and Pickle Bank

| 28/07/2022 | 26 Comments

(CNS): The Little Cayman-based Central Caribbean Marine Institute has received a grant and a donation totalling more than CI$1 million, which will be used to explore two well-known seamounts (submerged islands) near the Cayman Islands. Collaborating with the Department of Environment, the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, CCMI researchers will […]

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Police apologise to Brac boaters over rescue report

Police apologise to Brac boaters over rescue report

| 30/06/2022 | 19 Comments

(CNS): Following an outpouring of reports from the Cayman Brac boating community to the local media that the recent press release from the RCIPS recounting the rescue of two men from Pickle Bank at the weekend was inaccurate, the police have apologised for the confusion and thanked the members of the Brac community for their […]

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Boat with two on board rescued from Pickle Bank

Boat with two on board rescued from Pickle Bank

| 28/06/2022 | 22 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard and a boatowner from Cayman Brac rescued two men and their boat close to Pickle Bank, some 50 miles off the coast of the Brac, on Sunday after a report was made to 911 that the vessel was in trouble. The RCIPS helicopter was the first on scene and […]

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