Japan being invaded by giant jellyfish

*Raph's Girl* · 01-20-2006, 01:53 PM

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002008113

Japan's fishing industry is up in arms as giant jellyfish lessens their daily catch.

"It's a terrible problem. They're like aliens," Noriyuki Kani of the fisheries federation in Toyama, northwest of Tokyo, tells Reuters.

"If your nets are full of jellyfish, of course there is no space for fish."

One Echizen kurage can be up to 6 feet, 7 inches in diameter and weigh up to 440 pounds.

Much about the jellyfish, the largest variety found in the Sea of Japan, remains a mystery, according to Hitoshi Iizumi of the Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute in Niigata, in a CNN report.

Here's an image of what they look like.. In english they are known as Nomura's Jellyfish:

01-20-2006, 01:53 PM	#1
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Japan being invaded by giant jellyfish http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002008113 Japan's fishing industry is up in arms as giant jellyfish lessens their daily catch. "It's a terrible problem. They're like aliens," Noriyuki Kani of the fisheries federation in Toyama, northwest of Tokyo, tells Reuters. "If your nets are full of jellyfish, of course there is no space for fish." One Echizen kurage can be up to 6 feet, 7 inches in diameter and weigh up to 440 pounds. Much about the jellyfish, the largest variety found in the Sea of Japan, remains a mystery, according to Hitoshi Iizumi of the Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute in Niigata, in a CNN report. Here's an image of what they look like.. In english they are known as Nomura's Jellyfish: __________________