The Diasan Shinsho-maru, a Japanese fishing trawler, will certainly regret this bycatch. The ten ton vessel capsized, sending its three crew members into the drink, while trying to haul out a net full of Nomura's jellies off the coast of Chiba, Japan. The crew members were thankfully rescued by another vessel, but this incident marks another bout of trouble with the giant Nomura's (Nemopilema nomurai). The largest jellies in the world, Nomura's can grow as large as two meters in diameter. Although some years bring virtually no sightings, this year has seen massive blooms of the monsters in the Yellow and South China Seas. Their unwelcome presence, promoted by climatic conditions and a decline in predators, has come at an enmorous cost to the commercial fishing industry. To learn more about the jellies that sank a ship, read the article in The Telegraph.
Photo: The giant Nomura's jelly, Environmental News Network
