Comments

I both agree and disagree with bits and pieces of all statements previously made. I used to work in a Marine Lab in Hawaii and I will have to agree that something does need to be done with the differing jellyfish population booms. One of the largest roles that lead to their over-abundance now is because humans have altered the ecological balance of the ocean. With the devastation we caused on populations such as the leather back and green sea turtles that naturally prey on jellyfish, it's a no-brainer that the jellyfish population would increase just based off of that. Throw in the whales and their decreased numbers into the equation -- both baleen and toothed whales -- and the jellyfish food supply skyrockets as well. This also doesn't even touch upon what the article included with the inadvertent transport and relocation of non-indigenous jellyfish species and pollution of the oceans causing problems we can only guess at. Exactly WHAT needs to be done I will not comment on. My only advice is that we understand a little more about this jelly of a predicament before we actually try and do something like introducing non-indigenous jellyfish predators without taking into full consideration the impact it would have on other native species. I do agree that something does need to be done, whether it is to more strictly enforce poaching laws on animals such as sea turtles, and waiting for nature's balance to slowly take over, or to more invasively try and play God by killing off whatever we deem necessary -- something needs to be done to correct our mistakes before it gets worse.