Mega-jellyfish Sting Japan Fishing

Vast numbers of Echizen jellyfish have appeared on Japan's Pacific coast this year, apparently after drifting from spawning grounds in Chinese and Korean waters.

An Echizen jellyfish can measure up to 2.2 meters in diameter and weigh up to 300 kg.

The non-edible creatures have caught fishermen in their grip, as the monster invertebrates clog nets and poison and crush catches with their stingers.

"I had never seen anything like this big before."

Some experts say the outbreak of jellyfish this season has cost Japan's fishing industry more than 100 million dollars.

Jellyfish even sank one Japanese fishing boat in the Pacific recently, after the vessel capsized because the weight of the creature stuck in its net.

Still, much about the mega-jellyfish remains a mystery.

[Kiyoshi Kawasaki, Asst. Director, Japan Fisheries Research Agency]:
"The rising sea temperatures could be a factor behind this phenomenon as they foster the growth of these jellyfish."

Pollution in the waters off China is also cited as a factor, which has made it easier for jellyfish to breed.

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[DEADmetal3]

Japan is finaly being evaded by hentai monsters in reality. It was about time

[BeatsRoyale]

Poke a hole in an oil tanker, and you will have solved this jellyfish problem!

[babacaca4]

0:58...i laughed xD

[themancdogg]

good! fuck fishing and japan! With all due respect..

[TiberiumIsTheAnswer]

Hug them :D

[VSL123]

just eat them?

[Toaako]

0:53 jump in

[LietMonty]

@manuelcolloto yes you have the intelligent people with hope like you and the hopeless ejits that get distracted with the unmportant, superficial and that will hopefully die out with a sophisticated global eugenics.

[LietMonty]

@HardlineAthiest you ejit, the dolphins have been in excess there and they eat all the fish like tuna so they're seen as a pest. They can only find so many homes in aquariums around the world.. So many people around the world like to eat fish. The problem is sometimes they don't know when to stop and extinction can happen. Really people biotch so much but go on eat other animals like pigs and cows in horrible slaughterhouses or wear leather and blah blah!

[pixiedawg556]

the only way to solve this is to shove a gerbil in my ass and call it a day