1.   Norway offered to send a robot camera into the submarine to film the wreck for details that might help future efforts to recover the bodies or salvage the vessel.

2.   The law grants more leeway to salvaging commercial vessels, because after a long period of time their abandonment is implied.

3.   Japan is still considering whether to salvage the vessel, Nakabayashi said.

4.   Its spokesman, however, did not disclose how much it would cost to salvage the vessel.

5.   The statement noted that the U.S. military has never salvaged a vessel the size of the Ehime Maru from such a depth.

6.   They requested that every effort be made to salvage the vessel and recover the bodies.

7.   But the crane may not reach the spot until late Friday night and work on salvaging the vessel may have to wait until Saturday morning, officials said.

8.   But work on salvaging the vessel would only begin Saturday morning, officials said.

9.   The yacht will be abandoned as it presents no hazard to other shipping, although AMSA officials said it was expected its insurers would attempt to salvage the vessel.

10.   Joyon is well and a crew from Nova Scotia was on its way to him to salvage the vessel.