December 2005

'Fish with chips' reporting from ocean top highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point

Coastal Fish Tracking, Using Implanted Chips, Becoming Continental Project;

1,800+ Sharks, Turtles, Other Species Call in Via Satellite from Mid-Ocean;

Carnivorous Sponges among New Species in Southern Ocean Abyss;

Eerie Underwater Dead Zone Found at 2004 Tsunami Epicenter;

Explorers Record Life at Smoking Seafloor Vents, 1st S. of Equator in Atlantic;

Giant Inventory of Marine Life Grows to 8.4 Million Records, 40,000+ Species

Revelations by high-tech tracking devices about the coastal migrations of endangered fish and of large animals in the open Pacific Ocean top the highlights from the growing ranks of researchers conducting the global Census of Marine Life at its 2005 mid-point.

A Census project tagging thousands of endangered salmon to chart their individual travels, with profound implications for protection of threatened