21.   Marine scientists on Tuesday urged countries with coral reefs to do more to protect them to avoid threatening the livelihood of millions of people.

22.   Marine scientists launched a second rescue attempt Tuesday to remove fishing line embedded in the infected jaw of an endangered right whale off the Massachusetts coast.

23.   Marine scientists said Monday they had identified a herpes-type virus responsible for the deaths of thousands of pilchards along the South Australian coast.

24.   Massey University marine scientists leading the effort to diagnose whether a disease or toxins are killing the sea lions said Tuesday they are no closer to finding the solution.

25.   Morning fog Monday foiled an attempt by a team of marine scientists to help an endangered whale that is entangled in fishing line off Cape Cod.

26.   On Monday, a police helicopter carrying marine scientists periodically flew over Virginia Beach, and several police boats were on the water.

27.   Sanson said extensive samples of whale tissue, liver tissue and teeth had been removed from the whales for investigation by marine scientists.

28.   Smith is trying to identify the cause of the deaths in Victoria, in co-ordination with marine scientists around Australia.

29.   The natural sex change that grouper fish normally undergo is being crimped by pollution from factories on the Gulf of Thailand, a Thai marine scientist said Thursday.

30.   The new council will represent the concerns of marine scientists, the commercial fishing industry and environmentalists at an international level.