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Toss-A-Sensor

Fishing boat crews who have traveled from Norwegian coast to the small town of

Fosnavåg, to check out an annual exhibi- tion would participate in a PI Sensor Toss.

Representing yet another example of

American 'ingenuity', the "toss" has made it across the ocean and debuted at the

Pacific Marine Expo.

The goal: throw a 15-lb. Simrad trawl egg the furthest with an underhand toss

The entry fee: Free

The prize: $100 and a bottle of Aquavit

The winner: Brian Will, pictured, from the longliner F/V Sea Dog

The winning toss: 58.5 ft.

Homemade “Sub” Caught

With Cocaine

Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteri- ously skimming the ocean's surface, authorities in Costa Rica seized a home- made submarine packed with 2.7 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica's Pacific coast, according to an AP report Four men were inside the 49-ft. (15-m) wood and fibre- glass craft, breathing through the pipes.

The craft sailed along at about 10 km an hour two meters beneath the surface. U.S.

Coast Guard, U.S. Drug Enforcement

Administration agents, FBI and

Colombian officials reportedly aided Costa

Rican authorities in the operation. In

March, the Colombian navy seized a 59-ft. (18-m) fiberglass submarine that officials believe was used to haul cocaine out to speedboats in the Pacific for transportation to Central America and on to the U.S. (Source: AP)

India Carves Niche in Deep

Sea Mining

Exploring minerals, buried deep in the ocean, is one of the most daunting tasks for scientists around the globe. And making a major breakthrough, Indian scientists have taken deep sea mining technologies to a new level, according to a report on www.dnaindia.com.

The scientists from the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) have, for the first time, developed a world class Remote-

Operated Vehicle (ROV), an Underwater

Crawler and an In-Situ Soil Property

Measurement System (SPMS). Through these devices, India can now explore greater depths in the ocean and sea-bed as the machines are capable of working in extreme weather conditions and tumul- tuous seas. They will also assist in rescue operations, taking measurements and sam- ples from the sea bed, repairing instru- ments and gadgets in the water, and will also help companies involved in offshore drilling. (Source: www.dnaindia.com)

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