Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


23

Giant Jellyfish Sink Trawler

Net filled with 400-pound creatures capsizes boat

Share

(Newser) – A 10-ton fishing trawler sank off the coast of Japan after its crew tried to haul in a net filled with gigantic jellyfish. The three crew members were pitched into the water as the ship capsized and were rescued by another boat, the Telegraph reports. Nomura's jellyfish can weigh up to 440 pounds each, and Japanese waters have been inundated with them this year. Experts believe a decline in turtles and other predators is responsible for the surge in jellyfish numbers.

The Nomura's jellyfish can grow to be over 6 feet long and can weigh over 400 pounds.
The Nomura's jellyfish can grow to be over 6 feet long and can weigh over 400 pounds.   (Wikipedia)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.20.09
The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun
11.19.09
Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention
23 comments
VIEWING:
 
Netstorm2k9
Nov 3, 09 1:47 AM CST
Fuck you, Jerryfish!! Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
+8
IN RESPONSE:
JimW
Nov 3, 09 2:20 AM CST
HAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Vote up! Vote down!
+2
IN RESPONSE:
shonangreg
Nov 3, 09 5:04 AM CST
Haha. I'm just now watching the most recent South Park, "Fuck you, dolphins . . . " again and again.
Vote up! Vote down!
+1
IN RESPONSE:
Netstorm2k9
Nov 3, 09 6:45 PM CST
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251888/
Vote up! Vote down!
+1
IN RESPONSE:
thedude2888
Nov 4, 09 4:48 AM CST
ilu
Vote up! Vote down!
0

View all 23 comments »

LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

8 Stories

'Makeovers' Spell Doom
for Oceans' Ugliest Fish

Even the once-shunned are now overfished

Jul 31, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don't like the sound of slimefish fillets? How about some orange roughy instead? Efforts to "rebrand" ugly, unpopular types of fish to make them more palatable to consumers have been successful—too successful, the Washington Post reports. Many species once considered "trash fish" have become dangerously depleted... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fish • marine life • overfishing • fishery • fishermen

 No Distress Signal From 
 Missing NFLers: Coast Guard 

Lion, Raider were fishing off Gulf Coast

Mar 2, 09 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard got no distress signal from a missing fishing boat carrying NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and two friends off Florida's Gulf Coast, the AP reports. “That's not to say they didn't send one out," said an official. "We didn't receive anything”—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
NFL • NCAA football • fishing • Coast Guard • missing boater • missing person • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

Climate Change May Tank World's Fish Stocks

Scientists predict huge upheaval to marine populations

Feb 13, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The world's supplies of fish face major upheaval, scientists warn, as climate change forces species from shrimp to herring away from warming waters toward the poles. The BBC reports that in 40 years, American fishermen may see a 50% reduction in the population of Atlantic cod. "The impact of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
climate change • environment • fish • fishing • marine biology • fishermen • cod

8 Stories


World 
TwitterFollow @NewserWorld on Twitter

 
Japan • fishing • marine life • jellyfish • fishing boat • fishermen

from our news partners