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  • s  of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea
    deep-sea fishing
    deep-sea exploration

  • This week photographers stalked him, and fishermen openly trolled the lake with deep-sea tackle.
  • But buying the deep-sea sensors and making the electronic links is the easy part.
  • Productivity rates would plunge 40% over the world; the deep-sea fishing industry would be deep-sixed; Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel would deteriorate; rare books .
News & Articles

  • Hirsute 'Hoff' crabs grow food in their hair
    By Douglas Main, LiveScienceYeti crabs don't comb their hair to look good — they do it because they're hungry.These bizarre deep-sea animals grow their food in their own hair, trapping bacteria and letting it flourish there before "combing" it out and slurping it up. The crabs are found near cold seeps and hydrothermal vents, places where mineral-rich water spews out of the seafloor.Like many a ...
    June 19, 2013 - NBC NEWS
  • Spawning ground of deep-sea sharks found in Scotland
    EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 18 (UPI) -- Marine scientists in Scotland say they've discovered a deep-sea shark spawning ground on the country's only inshore coral reef.
    June 18, 2013 - UPI
  • Deep-sea rubbish found littering ocean floor
    Deep-sea roving robots have captured images of rubbish resting up to 2.5 miles underwater in a "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
    June 12, 2013 - Fox News
Quotes

  • Gordon Brown in National
    The London Gateway is a significant foreign investment into the UK,Mr Brown said. "It will help bring the largest deep-sea vessels here and improve the efficiency of the UK's freight distribution, creating thousands of jobs, future growth...
  • Tony Hayward in Reuters Africa
    It is clear that our industry needs to significantly improve our ability to quickly address deep-sea accidents of this type and magnitude,Hayward said in testimony prepared for a hearing before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
  • Colby Armstrong in SI.com
    Ty said he wore a deep-sea diver's suit under his equipment to stay warm because he was standing all the time,said forward Colby Armstrong, who grew up playing pond hockey in Saskatoon. "I don't know if it will get that cold, but it will...

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