Bat fish, Razor fish, and Frog crab rediscovered
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By , on January 6th, 2011 2 comments   Expeditions, Fish, New Research, Organisms   ,  

Photo from The Hindu Three unique marine organisms, Deep Sea Smoky Bat fish, Grooved Razor fish and Frog crab, have been re-recorded from Indian waters after a gap of over a century. Cruises on board ocean research vessel ‘Sagar Sampda’ in the Bay of Bengal yielded the species…between August and September 2009. It took over . . . → Read More: Bat fish, Razor fish, and Frog crab rediscovered

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By , on March 21st, 2010 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment   , , ,  

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in India’s motto is “The Technology for Harnessing the Wealth of the Ocean Starts Here.” In April, NIOT will start the next phase of fields trials at 1000m for deep-sea mining equipment. Trials of the crawler were already successfully completed at 500 meters. Why such the interest in . . . → Read More: Unfortunate News of the Week

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