Ocean-Going Robot Fleet Completes Fish Tracking Mission

Hallie Siegel writes The second phase of an ambitious project to gather valuable information on ocean processes and marine life using a fleet of innovative marine robots has just reached its conclusion. Co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Exploring Ocean Fronts project took place off southwest England and saw the largest deployment of robotic vehicles ever attempted in UK water. The marine robot patrols successfully located tagged fish and tracked the movements of individual fish over several days by re-locating them.

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Who's tracking who?

[Anonymous Coward]

Whom?

Wave Glider

[getto man d]

In the top image of the article the Liquid Robotics wave glider is pictured, which is interesting because James Gosling is the chief software architect. It's a really cool platform (disclaimer: I work at Liquid Robotics).

Tagged Plaice?

[Anonymous Coward]

Brings a new meaning to fish and chips

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Hi there Anon

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It may sound like overkill but accidents do happen, even if one prepares beforehand by means of douching and most especially if one resorts to using enemas. Sometimes one can be over enthusiastic and in the process, water reaches the upper colon (which doesn''t need to be cleansed and is very harmful/invasive) and loosens fecal matter. Sometimes it can take an hour or two (sometimes longer) before it reaches the lower colon. So, much as the person may have prepared beforehand, there''s still an unexpected accident.

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"Further tracking is thus warranted."

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

"The fish kept moving rapidly around, but the robots, undaunted and with infinite solar energy, kept effortlessly apace, following the fish. Sadly, within 2 days, every so-tracked fish died. Biologists are conducting autopsies, but it looks like exhaustion, cause unknown."

I wonder...

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder if something like mentioned in http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/11/19/0419239/fish-tagged-for-research-become-lunch-for-gray-seals could happen in this situation.

So

[rossdee]

Did they ever find MH370

Double duty?

[Anonymous Coward]

Do they moonshine for GCHQ, to tap submarine cables? I mean, for a little extra dough (taxpayer foots the bill).

Extinction

[Anonymous Coward]

That's great; so we can fish them all into oblivion...