how many fish are in the sea?

Answer 1

eight or nine

Answer 2

There are close to 20,000 species of fishes in the seas around us! Individually, there should be countless number of fishes, multiplying all the time. For a an approx number, there are as many fishes in sea, as there are stars in the sky!

Answer 3

About 20,000 species. Scientists working on a huge census of the world's oceans have discovered there are an estimated 5,000 previously unknown marine fish species, and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms yet to be discovered. The first ever report by the Census of Marine Life was issued Thursday at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., after three years of work. The aim of the Census is to allow marine scientists to identify and catalog life in the oceans. It's an unprecedented initiative that involves the cooperation of 300 marine scientist from around the world.

The census found there are more than 15,300 species of fish in the sea -- but note there are thousands more to be discovered. New sea fish species are being logged at an average rate of three per week, they say. As well, an average of 1,700 other marine animals and plants are also being catalogued each year.

Census scientists estimate that when the ambitious $1-billion census is finished in 2010, they will have found about 20,000 fish species.

"By the end of the 10-year Census initiative, we expect several results," says Jesse Ausubel, Program Director of CoML. "We will have identified many new species and will know with far greater precision how many remain undiscovered."

Ronald O'Dor, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University and chief scientist for the Census, notes that science knows more about the world above us than the world below.

"More people have gone into space than have landed on the bottom of the ocean," he told CTV News.

One of the most exciting discoveries was made in the deep waters off Angola. Researchers there found an environment with more species per area than any other known aquatic environment on Earth. About 80 per cent of the collected species, about 500, were new to science.

The Census's first report - The Unknown Ocean: Baseline Report for the Census of Marine Life - reviews the state of knowledge of ocean biodiversity and how it has advanced during the first three years.

While there have been other surveys into marine life, the Census of Marine Life is concerned with all marine life, not just commercially important species or charismatic animals like sharks or whales, says Ausubel.

The oceans are mostly unexplored and little is known about the life they support, says D'Or.

Besides cataloguing fish species and their distribution, the census will also explain how ocean life has changed over time, particularly in the context of human activity.

The census directors hope that the Census will allow scientist to identify threatened species and important breeding areas, helping fisheries authorities develop strategies for sustainable management of marine resources. The Census information will go into an open database that researchers everywhere can use. The Census is being sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in the U.S. and numerous individual governments.

Answer 4

There are more than 15,300 species of fish in the sea -- but note there are thousands more to be discovered. New sea fish species are being logged at an average rate of three per week, they say. As well, an average of 1,700 other marine animals and plants are also being catalogued each year.

Census scientists estimate that when the ambitious $1-billion census is finished in 2010, they will have found about 20,000 fish species.

(http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1066928421679_62337621/?hub=Specials)

Answer 5

Not enough and if we keep fishing the way we are they will soon be empty and dead.
How is it that we as human beings cannot comprehend our fragile Eco system, it amazes me!

Its time we stopped we can live without fish as there are so many varied foods on offer. If we continue to fish our waters as we are and allow commercial fishing trawlers to destroy our oceans as they are doing, in 20 yrs time the shark will be gone. our waters will be left with nothing, 100's of species will die out and we will be the cause of it!

We need to address the problem now before it is too late, if I had my way I'd send all those commercial fishing trawlers to the bottom of the ocean along with there companies!
The EU needs to address the problem, educate the fishermen of the Eu nations and fund them where hatcheries are concerned...

The great white shark is on the verge of extinction, it is an endangered species along with many others, the Japanese are to blame for this, they kill over a 100,000 sharks a yr simply for there fins and very rarely any other part of them.

They simply cut their fins of and drop them back into the ocean leaving them to sink to the bottom and slowly die of starvation..that is nothing but cruel and evil...stop it now, boycott all fishing companies like birds eye etc.!

Answer 6

There's plenty more fish in the sea.

Answer 7

There are countless and numerous fish in the sea.

Answer 8

well considering the fact that fish are born every second of the day.... even if some smart *** out there gave you an answer he would be WRONG, because of that simple fact of life! So it would have to be infinity! Why the hell do you want to know that?

Answer 9

Go scuba diving and start counting the fishes!

Answer 10

2 many to count

Answer 11

i had a fish supper last night so that's 1 less than there was