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Coelacanths filmed in Indonesia
Yoshitaka Abe, Executive Director of the Aquamarine Fukushima in Japan, who are currently conducting an ROV survey along the coast of Sulawesi has informed us of a coelacanth sighting on the morning of the 30th of May 2006 at 8:30am. The fish was found offshore at 170m in water of 17 degrees celcius near to the town of Buol on Sulawesi in Indonesia.

 The island of Manado Tua just off Sulawesi some 350km to the East was the site where coelacanths were originally found and described from accidental catches in deep set gillnets. Earlier investigations in 1999 using the German submersible Jago found two coelacanths some 360km southwest of Manado Tua. Submersible searches around Manado Tua itself were unsuccessful in locating any coelacanths.

A further two coelacanths were found on the 31st of May, and reports indicate the area has many small caves between 150-170m.

ACEP and the Aquamarine Fukushima recently singed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster relationships between the two organisations particularly on coelacanth research.


We will keep you up to date with the news as we learn it.

Rik Nulens has let us know about a short video clip taken from Japanese TV, which you can find here.

 
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