Story Archive Week 1 YOTO 98 Week 2 El Nino - New Ocean Sensors Week 3 New Ocean Floor Map Week 4 YOTO Launched Week 5 El Niño - After the Rains Week 6 Underwater Volcano Week 7 NEMO To The Rescue Week 8 Explore The Coast Week 9 Students To Take Virtual Voyage Week 10 Bring the Ocean to the Classroom Week 11 Argonauts Adventure Week 12 Students Hangin' With Drifters Week 13 Will the Winners Do The Wave? Week 14 Sky High, Ocean Deep Changes related Week 15 This Year, Earth Day is All Wet  Week 16 THIS YEAR, EARTH DAY IS ALL WET  Week 17 MUSSELS MUSCLING IN, CRABS PINCHING NATIVE SPECIES  Week 18 HELP FROM THE SKY WHEN LOST AT SEA   Week 19 IF YOU THINK YOUR COMMUTE IS BAD   Week 20 CENTURY'S LAST WORLD FAIR HIGHLIGHTS YEAR OF THE OCEAN    Week 21 ANY PORT IN A STORM Week 22 PSA TO DEBUT AT NATIONAL OCEAN CONFERENCE   Week 23 COMMERCE, NAVY HOST NATIONAL OCEAN CONFERENCE  Week 24  BEACH WATER TEMPERATURES ON THE WEB  Week 25 LA NIÑA IS ON THE WAY  Week 26  SANCTUARIES POSE A MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE  Week 27 THE GREAT AMERICAN FISH COUNT JULY 1 - 14 Week 28  CORAL REEFS TO GET PROTECTION Week 29 OCEANS TO PLAY LARGER ROLE IN MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE Week 30 OCEAN EXPLORATION, THE NEXT FRONTIER Week 31 PORTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY Week 32 TO SPAWN OR NOT TO SPAWN... Week 33  ON REEFS WHERE THE BUFFALOES ROAMED SCIENTISTS MAY LEARN MORE ABOUT GLOBAL WARNING  Week 34 WHITE SHARKS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S FRAGILE AND FEARED PREDATOR INCREASE AT SUMMER'S END  Week 35 REPORTS SAY NATURE IS REBOUNDING IN FLORIDA KEYS SANCTUARY MARINE ZONES Week 36  BECOME AN OCEAN AMBASSADOR - TAKE THE PLEDGE  Week 37 OCEANS IMPACT THE ECONOMY - WHAT'S BEING DONE? Week 38  A HURRICANE'S EFFECT ON CORALS

YUMMY WORMS, AN ACQUIRED TASTE Seven days after the October full moon, in a good year, islanders on American Samoa flock to the shore to watch the annual spawning of Palolo worms. With hand nets at the ready, they scoop up the blue and green epitokes (PACKETS OF eggs and sperm) released by the 1-5 inch squirming worms for an unusual evening snack. Considered a special delicacy, the epitokes are eaten raw on the spot or fried in butter or baked in a loaf the following day. Staff at Fagatale Bay National Marine Sanctuary describe their flavor as similar to caviar. Few have studied the life cycle of the Palolo worms (Palolo siciliensis), a saltwater segmented marine worm, who live in limestone burrows in the shallow coral reef. Researchers note the importance of clean, silt-free water to the worms' survival and stress the need for water pollution and land erosion controls and good land management skills. For more information contact Justin Kenney at (301) 713-3140, ext. 153. YEAR OF THE OCEAN CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 6 - November 10 Smithsonian Forum — The Ocean: Earth's Last Frontier November 16 - 19, 1998 Ocean Community Conference '98 - Annual meeting of the Marine Technology Society (MTS), Baltimore, Maryland

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