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Spilysy Tymoo December 22 Pqge 13 Census of marine life shows diversity but also declines (AP) - A masnivc census of all the fish and other marine life in the world's oceans has reached the halfway point with new evidence of the rich diver sity under the sea along with warnings about the alarming decline of many species. The 10-ycar international project that began in 2000 has already tracked the migration of tuna from Japan to California and back, along with the move ment of endangered British Columbia salmon with implanted computer chips. "We're sending animals out with the equivalent of cell phones and they're telling us where they are," said Ron O'Dor, senior scientist for the Census of Marine Life. "What those animals are sending back is a picture that shows what seems like a blue uniform ocean to us on the sur face is really very complicated," O'Dor said. The data from the tracking program could help researchers and fishery managers conserve stocks of many species of large fish that have declined by about 90 percent over the last 50 years, O'Dor said. "This gives us an idea about where fish go, the rate at which they migrate, and tells us where these animals live and where they die so we can understand quan titatively what happens to fish stocks so we can manage them better," he said. Dave Huharty, a marine policy analyst at the University of Washington, said the data likely will change international treaties on fishing rights as re searchers find out how fish are distributed in the ocean. "It's going to be easier to de tect international violations, and I think that's going to change a lot of what we do over the next 10 to 20 years," Huharty said. Jane I.ubchenco, an Oregon State University marine biologist and president of the Interna tional Council for Science, said the census will help raise aware ness about the urgent need for international cooperation to pre serve marine life. "I think there's definitely in creasing recognition that we can no longer think about the ocean as infinitely vast, infinitely boun tiful and infinitely resilient," I.ubchenco said. "There are problems everywhere." But she said she was encour aged by the amount of biologi cal diversity the census has found in the first five years. "The expectation was there would be new discoveries," I.ubchenco said. "What's blown us away is how much there is out there that we didn't know about before. It's big stuff, it's little tiny stuff that's been com ing in from this project. It's been pretty sobering." Other highlights at the mid way point of the census include the discovery of tiny carnivo rous sponges found in the Southern Ocean abyss, an un derwater dead zone at the epi center of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and the first life re corded at smoking seafloor vents south of the equator in the Atlantic. The census also is studying polar regions and the deepest reaches of the oceans. Scientists recently used the German ice breaker Polarstern to tow an underwater sled over the South ern Ocean floor near Antarctica to photograph life at the bottom. Madras Paint & Glass Chip Repairs $59.95 $10 for each additional one . MADRAS sint & Glass t 1 j . (Avoid replacing your windshield) Open 7:30-5:30 M-F; 9-4 Sat 1076 SW Hwy 97 in Madras, ph. 475-2166 Berries: bill has strong support (Continued from page 1) The Mt. Hood bill would seem to have a good chance of passing. The proposed legislation has bi-partisan sponsorship. Repub lican Walden comes from the rural conservative side of the Blumenauer represents the ur ban liberal side. Despite past clashes over environmental issues, the two have come together on the Mt. Hood bill. The proposed bill would put 75,000 acres of wilderness off limits to logging on the Mount Hood National I'brcst, without reducing the area where logging can occur. Besides the provision regard ing traditional foods, the pro posal would also guide ski re sort development, reduce forest ; itethinget1ifjd;rihaTirrt)ut'k' door recreation. Lawsuit: 13 alleged violations (Continued from page 1) The lawsuit and the $24 mil lion in damages were an effort "to get them to pay attention," Glass said. The U.S. attorney's office declined to prosecute any offi cials at Chemawa, saying there was no evidence of a crime. But the lawsuit cites 13 al leged violations by school offi cials, including torture, con spiracy, negligence and violation of the girl's civil rights. ,The complaint states that Sohappy was dragged from her dormitory bed at the school "while being mocked and laughed at by staff," and dumped into the holding cell, "where she was left unattended, until discovered after her death, with bruising, blood and trauma evident." Earl Devaney, the Interior Department's inspector general, told the Senate Finance Com mittee last year the school and BIA administrators were warned about the risks to students in holding cells years before the Sohappy death. He issued a report in Septem ber 2004 that called Indian pris ons a "national disgrace," and cited the teenager's death, among others. It resulted in a BIA order banning the Warm Springs tribe from holding ju veniles at its detention facilities. ( Snacks & Candy Beverages J ( Groceries Deschutes Canyon R.V. 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