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Fish Mega-Shoals Could be World's Biggest Animal Group!

newscientist.com — When Atlantic herring get together, they don't mess around with small gatherings. Using a new ocean imaging technology, scientists have found that the fish form "mega-shoals" of hundreds of millions of fish, covering dozens of square kilometres. Such observations could help conserve dwindling fish stocks...

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  • Janinco, on 03/27/2009, -0/+10FTA
    ""Once that initial cluster forms, the fish next to the cluster start to converge, and you have a wave propagating."

    The data is amazing...it would be great to actually see this on video!
  • AReallyGoodName, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4Such observations could also help irresponsible fishing fleets find the last of the dwindling fish stocks...
  • Albumen, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4I feel sorry for the for the life forms below this shoal. It must be like a poop downpour!
  • abstracthuman, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4The life forms on the bottom eat poop. So it's actually more like a miracle.
  • BooLag, on 04/23/2009, -0/+3"I believe the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
  • jtt123, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3great now the trawlers will get a hold of this and take up all the fish
  • charlietuna, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3You ruined a good joke there.
  • charlietuna, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3I'll wager that such observations could help... to strip mine even MORE fish.
  • dazparkour, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2Helicopters.
  • wheezy360, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2However interesting the article, those pictures were a little underwhelming.
  • Sornos, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2I don't think it would be possible to see this in video, at least in a usable sense. You wouldn't be able to see anything as this take places over kilometers of ocean.
  • manzplan, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2sadly much of this knowledge will be turned against them as it makes them easier to catch in the big group.
  • jasdf, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2Is Shoal the British English word? I always learned it as a "School" of fish.
  • hfactor, on 03/27/2009, -0/+1What video? Pictures are provided.
  • squr3l, on 03/27/2009, -1/+1no, ocean acoustic waveguide remote sensing (OAWRS)
    straight out of the article
  • 1stewart, on 03/27/2009, -1/+1"Using a new ocean imaging technology"

    Google Earth?
  • Breezeonhold, on 03/27/2009, -2/+2Yeah it would be great to see this video!

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