Comments on: New Indonesia Coelacanth Caught

By: RockerEm

RockerEm — Wed, 23 May 2007 03:39:43 +0000

Great find!!! Now we just have to put it on the endangered species list!

By: TheHunter

TheHunter — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:47:35 +0000

The issue of releasing the fish alive is not that difficult to overcome, the reason that a fish may not live when brought up from the high pressure depths is that its swim bladder which is usually compressed by the pressure expands and fills with gas which adds buoyancy and the fish cannot swim back down because it floats. A small incision in the side rear flank of the fish punctures the bladder releasing the gas and the fish is able to re-submerge; the puncture is actually very small and does not harm the fish to the point that it kills it in most circumstances, where the fish would certainly die when it could not re-submerge.

Bob Michaels, these fishermen in the area that the Coelacanth was caught are not biologists, and information travels slowly in that part of the world when you are not a multi-million $ a year household, most have no formal education, instead of criticizing them, hop a plane, take all of your knowledge and money and educate them.

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:49:27 +0000

Seems to me it would die if caught and released anyway. It most likely would bloat like sea bass and link cod when brought up from the depths. Don’t certain fish do that when brought up from deep water too fast?

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:56:46 +0000

See, an animal can “dissappear” from the fossil record, but still exist.

By: jodzilla

jodzilla — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:17:38 +0000

Cool. Find more.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:40:49 +0000

The gradual discovery of multiple coelacanth specimens — over thousands of miles of deep, trackless ocean — is an example of what needs to happen with Bigfoot, Nessie, and other more-or-less landlocked cryptids. However, a mystery is often more appealing than its reality.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:46:49 +0000

It was a crime to kill this fish. It must be protected, a no fishing ban on this species. It must be well publicized. If caught it must released.