Harbor Branch Web Developers Team With ABC News To Bring Ocean Adventure To A Compute...( sharks for tagging and geneticsampling...)

sharks for tagging and genetic sampling. When Mary told me she wanted to try covering stuff like that live over the web, I was instantly sold on the idea. We got back in touch with Dr. Gruber and immediately started making arrangements to join his next mission."

The new site, which is called @Sea®, has taken shape over the last two months and is on the verge of broadcasting its first live mission. Seeking to attract as many web surfers as possible to their coverage, Clark and Kelley sought advice and a possible partnership with ABC News. "When we told the folks at ABC what we had in mind, they were very enthusiastic," said Clark. "We offered them exciting science content, and they offered us unbeatable, international exposure--it was obviously a great deal for everybody. Now @Sea® and ABCNEWS.com will be covering the mission in tandem." The debut mission, webcast from the 204-foot HBOI Research Vessel SEWARD JOHNSON, will chronicle lemon shark research with Dr. Gruber off the coast of Brazil. Mark Carroll, an expert scuba diver with degrees in marine biology and photojournalism will be the correspondent for the shark mission, and plans to capture the action with an underwater digital video system. Daily dispatches will be sent by satellite to Harbor Branch, where they will be posted on @Sea®. Selected dispatches and associated materials will be sent daily to ABC, where they will be webcast in the science section of ABCNEWS.com.

"We're working really hard in preparation for the mission, but our excitement level and expectations for @Sea® just keep rising! This is the beginning of a great website, and a great partnership with ABC," says Sean Kelley. "Our ace in the hole is the thrilling material that ocean science ceaselessly provides. Many of the world's leading marine scientists work right here at Harbor Branch. Researchers from other institutions, like Sam Gruber from University of Miami, use Harbor Branch facilities. So thos
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Contact: Susan J. Hanson
hanson@hboi.edu
561-465-2400 x 206
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
8-Mar-1999

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