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Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans

zogger
Thu Jun 19 18:52:00 -0700 2008
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Oceans around the world are experiencing rapid jellyfish population blooms. As regular fish are taken in ever increasing quantities, jellyfish numbers expand to fill ecological niches.

"Jellyfish both compete with fish for plankton food, and predate directly on fish," explains Andrew Brierley from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. "It is hard, therefore, to see a way back for fish once jellyfish have become established, even if commercial fishing is reduced." ed.z.: Jellybiodieselfish? Must be some way to turn this into an asset...and having worked a trawler two summers, I can assure you is is pretty easy to catch a boatload full of jellyfish..especially when you don't want to..

Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans
President4242
Thu Jun 19 19:59:24 -0700 2008
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I don't know enough about the anatomy of Jellyfish to know one way or the other.  I do know though that some species are potentially valuable in the pharmaceutical industry if we could just figure out how to control dosages properly.  Anything that is THAT active on mammals and fish alike, is a pretty powerful poison that might be hiding medicine.

Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans
rubycodez
Thu Jun 19 20:17:29 -0700 2008
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they're over 95% water, for a biofuel feedstock they're thus mostly a waste of space. 

Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans
Bruce Perens
Thu Jun 19 20:32:03 -0700 2008
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You are 65% water.

Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans
Bhima
Thu Jun 19 23:42:28 -0700 2008
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Damn... There goes my modest proposal.

Jellyfish Jam Up the Oceans
rubycodez
Fri Jun 20 06:59:33 -0700 2008
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which is why in-laws and J2EE weenors would make better feedstock than jellyfish

 

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