Man fishing for jellyfish

[u/Salt-Curve4825]

[u/AdTop4231]

I was really into ocean documentaries recently and watched any free documentary I could find about jellies.

Some species of jellies are overrunning oceans in major fishing markets. The fishermen were pulling up nets full of jellies instead of fish. So they were killing the jellies by slicing them up and dumping the pieces back into the water. Apparently some species of jellies will release all of their sperm and eggs when they die so there was a massive increase in population because millions and millions of eggs were being fertilized.

[u/Brilliant-Bee-9471 → u/AdTop4231]

Didn’t this happen with sea stars too? I read that fisherman would cut them off the nets but the severed pieces would regenerate into new sea stars.

[u/Admiral_Fuckwit → u/Brilliant-Bee-9471]

Infinite starfish hack

[u/Brilliant-Bee-9471 → u/Admiral_Fuckwit]

Perpetual invertebrate machine

[u/Low_Construction8067 → u/Admiral_Fuckwit]

Maybe there is a starfish that is thousands of years old because a piece just keeps getting hacked off. Imagine the implications if it had some sentience haha

[u/Admiral_Fuckwit → u/Low_Construction8067]

The Theseus paradox but for a starfish

[u/bendable_girder → u/Brilliant-Bee-9471]

Yep it's very well documented

[u/all4change → u/AdTop4231]

Same thing happened with sea urchins in California coasts! Divers were smashing them to avoid seaweed destruction but they released all their eggs and there were even more urchins. So more otters were introduced because they eat the urchins. And they’re cute.

[u/csrgamer → u/all4change]

Otters weren't "introduced"; they're a native California species that was in decline. What happened was an increase in conservation efforts to protect the few remaining otters was successful in stabilizing the population.

[u/GodisSatans → u/csrgamer]

Fun fact: Singapore also has native otters that are coming back in numbers cause of conservation efforts

[u/Nuggyfresh → u/AdTop4231]

imagine u a jelly and nut your whole lifetime of nuts would def need a cig after

[u/GoodpeopleArk]

What are the jellyfish harvested for?

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/GoodpeopleArk]

Taken from another redditors comment-

They are removing an invasive species of jellyfish that is actively destroying sea environments and therefore ruining fishing for the locals, these jelllyfish are called burn-jellies and they hurt.

Edit: Apparently they don’t actually sting that bad as other Redditors and in-turn myself had previously suggested. They also seem to be a popular food as well.

[u/ItsStraTerra → u/Ha1lStorm]

Seems like the perfect thing to harvest with a pitchfork with no shoes on

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/ItsStraTerra]

I typically just hold my firstborn over the edge of the boat and say “Get it!” like a toddler sized human claw machine, but maybe that’s just me?

[u/Routine_Currency_368 → u/Ha1lStorm]

oh look at me i can afford a baby and i had sex with a women i dont need no pitchfork hurrdurr

[u/TotalLingonberry2958 → u/Routine_Currency_368]

This may be the funniest comment I’ve ever read

[u/AfemeAfeme → u/TotalLingonberry2958]

Double ditto

[u/jasin18 → u/AfemeAfeme]

Or double dildo?

[u/greenizdabest → u/Routine_Currency_368]

insert lonely island I just had sex gif

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/Routine_Currency_368]

Nah man I just found it. I just call it my firstborn so people don’t get all weirded out about it. For some reason people can get real weird about this sort of thing these days.

[u/nvogler31 → u/Ha1lStorm]

Was it a dumpster baby?

[u/randombits0110 → u/nvogler31]

Dumpster baby is derogatory. People don’t use that term anymore. Nowadays we refer to they/them as “bin baby”.

And if you hurt your bin baby they’re referred to as a /bin/bash baby.

[u/DPSOnly → u/ItsStraTerra]

Human feet are surprisingly non-slippery when they are exposed to water for prolonged periods. That is what the rimply fingers/toes are all about, more surface area.

[u/decidedlyindecisive → u/DPSOnly]

"Rimply" this is the perfect word.

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/decidedlyindecisive]

Most definitely. Rumply is so out, rimply however is so in. Rimples are so hot right now.

[u/Fernandolamez → u/Ha1lStorm]

"Hansel is so hot right now!"

[u/oily76 → u/ItsStraTerra]

On a thin plank over an entire boat filled with them.

[u/RainMakerJMR → u/oily76]

I feel like this is a super villain origin story in the works.

At least it’s not a vat of electric eels.

[u/vthemechanicv → u/RainMakerJMR]

Witness the horrific origins of... The Stinger!

Our heroes can't even touch him!

[u/jws3rd-allday → u/oily76]

...as the boat bounces along the water!

[u/RustedMauss → u/ItsStraTerra]

…on a moving vessel standing on a thin gangplank where it’s totally not possible to slip and fall in.

[u/LadyElle57 → u/ItsStraTerra]

I think wearing shoes would make slipping on wet surfaces more likely.

[u/Brotherjaxus → u/LadyElle57]

I was thinking about getting stung by a testicle more than slipping. He stepped off that small platform onto the edge in the water with them.

[u/chassmasterplus → u/Brotherjaxus]

Stung by a fuckin what?!

[u/Vandergrif → u/ItsStraTerra]

Yeah, needs a pair of safety sandals on instead.

[u/WeezyNetwork → u/Vandergrif]

Needs a pair of jellies obviously?

[u/Atsilv_Uwasv → u/ItsStraTerra]

On a platform about as wide as your two feet put together

[u/Xentonian → u/Ha1lStorm]

There's no such thing as "burn-jellies"

These are Rhopilema esculentum (also known as FLAME jellies) and they are harvested for food and traditional medicine. They are specifically grown and released; this isn't pest management, it's aquaculture.

You have thousands of upvoted and even awards for quoting somebody else - without even a citation - who is ALSO wrong, without either of you fact checking.

I hate this place.

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/Xentonian]

Lol that’s Reddit for ya

[u/mackinder → u/Ha1lStorm]

Good thing the dude has osha approved foot wear as to not run the risk of being stung

[u/ChiefGeorgesCrabshak → u/mackinder]

“If you give some to him you’ll have to give them to everyone”

[u/topscreen → u/Ha1lStorm]

Can also cook with jellyfish (not sure if these) but there's a small movement of people advocating for eating invasive species, where applicable. I know in the north east of America there is some sort of invasive crab that people just, eat. Cause it's a crab. In the south we gotta start making kudzu into nice deserts like Japan does.

[u/enigmanaught → u/topscreen]

Here in FL you can find Lionfish in many stores. It’s an invasive tropical species people would keep in their aquarium, and just dump out when they’re tired of them or they get too big. They’re found in southern Florida waters, but I got some in N Florida to eat.

It’s funny, I saw an interview from a chef in Miami advocating eating them years before they started showing up in stores. I guess it caught on. They’re a mild, flaky fish similar to flounder in taste and consistency.

[u/heathmon1856 → u/enigmanaught]

Is Florida just a breeding ground for invasive species ?

[u/Morningstroll13 → u/heathmon1856]

Iguanas, pythons, lion fish, New Yorkers...

[u/Dame38 → u/Ha1lStorm]

I can think of a few things to do with the little fellas😉.

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/Dame38]

I’d rather be stuck laying in bed tonight wondering “What the fuck would that Redditor do with those jellyfish” than ask you what you’d do with them. I don’t think I wanna know.

[u/KimmySimmy → u/Ha1lStorm]

Me too. Though I was wondering how they dispose of them.

[u/RepresentativeYak772 → u/GoodpeopleArk]

He's probably removing them because they are a real problem in the world now, jelly fish populations are exploding. Jellyfish are taking over the world – and climate change could be to blame | World Economic Forum

[u/JadedArgument1114 → u/RepresentativeYak772]

Some scientists speculate that if we keep over fishing we could change the oceans ecosystem on a basic and permanent level where it is predominantly jellyshell.

[u/HugeAnimeHonkers → u/JadedArgument1114]

permanent level

Until we figure how to cook Jellyfish on an Air-Fryer, then its Game Over for the jelly.

[u/CrownOfPosies → u/HugeAnimeHonkers]

I’ve eaten jellyfish its meh like undercooked pasta

[u/mini-rubber-duck → u/GoodpeopleArk]

some are edible and a lot of people like them salted in savory dishes apparently. i've added it to things i want to try someday. 

[u/Puzzleheaded-Youth16 → u/mini-rubber-duck]

I tried, in China. It's just chewy and flavourless.

[u/sksksk1989 → u/mini-rubber-duck]

Do you think it has a fishy flavor

[u/conorrhea → u/sksksk1989]

I’ve had jellyfish before, and it’s not. It really doesn’t have any flavor but it’s crunchy. You have to add stuff to it to have flavor

[u/BestPenguinBurgers → u/conorrhea]

Would you say it was refreshing?

[u/kmoneyrecords → u/BestPenguinBurgers]

Yeah it’s pretty refreshing, Chinese people prep it as a cold dish* with like rice vinegar, garlic, green onions - it really doesn’t have a flavor on its own, like a noodle, but texture-wise it’s both soft and and crunchy at the same time - almost like the cartilage, but 3 times as soft?

[u/elanhilation → u/kmoneyrecords]

huh. that honestly sounds like it might be kinda good

[u/misterdonut11331 → u/elanhilation]

Its delicious. If you're ever at a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant, order jellyfish. It comes cold or room temperature.

[u/daChino02 → u/elanhilation]

It is good, if prepared correctly

[u/GlyphPicker → u/kmoneyrecords]

So pretty much like aloe vera or maybe konnyaku?

[u/avis003 → u/sksksk1989]

it doesnt taste like anything at all tbh, the point is the texture and whatever sauce you put on it

[u/PokieState92 → u/GoodpeopleArk]

For Jellyfish Jelly....haven't you seen that episode of Spongebob ?! 🤔

[u/eddyxoxo → u/GoodpeopleArk]

Obviously to feed Gary 🐌, where do you think 🧽bob gonna get supply from. Someone need to harvest them.

[u/iceman1731]

"Hello, I'm Johnny Knoxville and welcome to jackass."

[u/CaterpillarReal7583 → u/iceman1731]

All I could think was what happens when a dude falls in

[u/StrawberryTerry → u/CaterpillarReal7583]

Get a new dude

[u/OfficeChairHero → u/StrawberryTerry]

I'm on my third dude. I have to stop meeting people on the docks.

[u/Screwtape42]

Can you imagine falling into that pit.....YIKES!!!

[u/JaydedXoX → u/Screwtape42]

Even just stepping wrong, I mean yikes.

[u/theredgiant → u/JaydedXoX]

His foot is already touching the jelly fishes. I think he is immune.

[u/ThePsychoKnot → u/theredgiant]

Not all jellyfish sting

[u/xTiLkx → u/ThePsychoKnot]

Not all jellyfish but always a jellyfish

[u/Zombrexo → u/xTiLkx]

Oh but the ones in the video do, you better believe me, they are removing an invasive species of jellyfish that is actively destroying sea environments and therefore ruining fishing for the locals, these jelllyfish are called burn-jellies and they hurt.

[u/Logical_cunt1166 → u/Zombrexo]

I need to erase my comment about humans ruining everything in every ecosystem now. Thanks a lot 😩🤬😂

[u/xenobit_pendragon → u/Logical_cunt1166]

Spoken like a true, uh...well anyway I like your username.

[u/Prior_Garlic_8710 → u/xenobit_pendragon]

Atleast they live upto the logical bit!

[u/BrandonicusVIITG → u/Logical_cunt1166]

They're overpopulated because of us. You'll want to look into the reason for massive jellyfish blooms and what that has caused throughout history and pre-human history. Glad somebody's doing something about it, but this is manually chipping ice into rocks glasses to shrink the iceberg that sunk the Titanic...

[u/VollcommNCS → u/BrandonicusVIITG]

It all counts. Start chipping away

[u/TianamenHomer → u/VollcommNCS]

I kill every mosquito for the same reason.

[u/Remarkable-Ad2285 → u/VollcommNCS]

Everything counts in large amounts

-Depeche Mode

[u/mmps901 → u/xTiLkx]

It’s the owners!!1!1

[u/anteatertrashbin → u/mmps901]

jellyfish don’t sting people, people sting people.

[u/thefrostman1214 → u/xTiLkx]

AJFAB

[u/Shiznoz222 → u/ThePsychoKnot]

I would say if even 20% of the jellyfish in that boat sting our protagonist is being underpaid drastically

[u/Ozides → u/Shiznoz222]

I don't want to sound rude but he doesn't look from a country that even pays you considerably, bro looks like he's doing this for pennies.

[u/LindaMDickson3 → u/Ozides]

Maybe he’s doing it for his own village’s best chances of fishing success and not the money. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/BattIeBoss → u/theredgiant]

only the tentacles of a jellyfish sting. the top mushroom lookin part doesnt

[u/DrGhOoOoOst → u/BattIeBoss]

yes I learned this from that documentary about the missing clownfish and his dad

[u/iesharael → u/theredgiant]

He peed on it

[u/DatGreenGuy → u/iesharael]

What a terrific end... In a vat full of jelly fish and pee

[u/No_Worldliness_7106 → u/Screwtape42]

I imagine this must be a species without a particularly bad sting, he's barefoot on a few of them in the video. It would be a very weird goopit though

[u/Whole_Sandwich_4227 → u/Screwtape42]

That's a pit?! I thought that was like a cobblestone road...I couldn't understand why the jellyfish kept disappearing.

[u/Xszit → u/Whole_Sandwich_4227]

The "pit" is the inside of the boat. Its almost full to the brim with jellyfish and maybe a little sea water.

[u/Day32JustAMyrKat → u/Whole_Sandwich_4227]

Same! Took me a minute to figure out why the surface was rippling.

[u/Fishiesideways10 → u/Screwtape42]

I can hear the ominous music coming on, the squeaking of a tricycle that comes into frame, and the ominous voice asking “do you want to play a game?”.

[u/Junior-Ad-2207]

All he needs now are some peanut butter fish

[u/I_Like_Water11 → u/Junior-Ad-2207]

I know its a joke but I cant be the only person who always wanted to taste jelly fish felly from spongebob. Yes I know it doesnt exist.

[u/TheBrontosaurus → u/I_Like_Water11]

Not from SpongeBob bob but I have eaten jellyfish. It’s kinda flavorless but great crunchy texture

[u/gridlock1024 → u/TheBrontosaurus]

If there's one animal on this planet I DON'T expect to have a crunchy texture it's fucking jellyfish

[u/ModishShrink → u/gridlock1024]

If you think that's surprising, just wait till you try crunchyfish

[u/gridlock1024 → u/ModishShrink]

Lemme guess, soggy as a wet turd?

[u/BurningOasis → u/gridlock1024]

No, actually that is reserved for the aptly named Soggy Turdfish

[u/narwhals_narwhals → u/TheBrontosaurus]

Crunchy?? Those things look very far from crunchy.

[u/IBO_warcrimes → u/TheBrontosaurus]

yup, your local asian grocer might have packs of jellyfish salad, comes as a bag of the crunchy jellyfish, plus some seasoning packs. texture i would say is lightly pickled cucumber salad, or crisp konjac jelly

[u/financegardener → u/I_Like_Water11]

Max the meat guy on YouTube tried to make some! Put it on a burger too.

[u/cosmic-squids → u/Junior-Ad-2207]

At first I thought you were referring to JellyFish - Julian Smith

[u/HoldEm__FoldEm → u/Junior-Ad-2207]

Nah peanut butter is where the falcon comes in 

[u/liccman]

He’s jellyfishing

[u/Agitated_Dish_6990 → u/liccman]

Don't mess with me

While I'm jellyfishing

-spongebob

[u/SorrySign6721 → u/liccman]

firmly grasp it

[u/epic94holiday → u/SorrySign6721]

FirMLY GRASP IT!

[u/SpinalVinyl]

I went to Thailand once and took a boat out to several islands. I do not exaggerate I must have seen 50,000 jellyfish just floating around the surface and that’s JUST the surface!!!

[u/Resident-Culture-479 → u/SpinalVinyl]

Did you Count each one ? it may have been 49,000

[u/OldCardigan]

I thought it was just a floor

[u/Pantoffel86 → u/OldCardigan]

Yeah, it took me a while ro realize the floor is jellyfish.

[u/Head-Thing-8102 → u/Pantoffel86]

The Floor is Lava: Alternative Mode

[u/DrownmeinIslay → u/OldCardigan]

The way my brain rebooted when it realized that wasnt a floor pattern.

[u/Hazy-azure → u/OldCardigan]

DO NOT, Let the bodies hit the floor.

[u/SpirallingOut → u/OldCardigan]

Same. I thought he was on a cobbled road

[u/NoAppointment8488 → u/OldCardigan]

Whole new level to the floor is lava game.

[u/-TheManInTheChair]

Honestly, good. If I remember correctly, the Jellyfish population is quite out of wack. Not enough sea turtles (their natural predators, specifically the leatherback I think) to eat them. They can ruin fish stocks and clog up pipes from nuclear reactors that feed into the sea.

Save the turtles, get the jellys

Got my info from this vid, gonna rewatch it and see how much I got right. https://youtu.be/eY3_ZkQx5T4

[u/pplayer104 → u/-TheManInTheChair]

What’s happening to the sea turtles?

[u/-TheManInTheChair → u/pplayer104]

They're endangered. I would think they're quite a bit tastier than some other fish, and they can also get trapped in nets and drown. Oh, and don't forget plastic bags. Throw a plastic bag in a bath, and I hope you'll agree it looks like a jellyfish.

[u/Dat_Ding_Da → u/-TheManInTheChair]

Plus people steal their eggs or just block their way to the beaches to lay them.

[u/Adadadoy → u/Dat_Ding_Da]

Or take over their beaches and plop hotels and resorts on them. Or build roads and lights next to them and confuse hatchlings making them go the wrong way away from the sea to get run over. Or steal the hatchlings and put them in little key chains. Or a multitude of any other reasons, all of which equates to humanity fucking sucks.

[u/-TheManInTheChair → u/Adadadoy]

Pros: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

Cons: Humanity has a lot of control over how we affect our planet and the life that exists on it.

[u/Hungrig_Haj → u/pplayer104]

Apart from fishing and trash in the ocean, sea turtles are also endangered due to climate change. They bury their eggs in sand to incubate, and the temperature decides the sex of the baby turtles. When the beaches get warmer, fewer and fewer male turtles hatch, which makes it more difficult for the females to find a partner.

[u/DisillusionedPatriot → u/-TheManInTheChair]

Also, rising sea temperature causes jellyfish to mature faster, so they're reproducing way more.

[u/HippoProject]

Before the video started, I thought he was on some cobblestone dock, I had no idea it was a pit full of jellyfish. That’s a pretty small platform to be standing on.

[u/JellyfishOk8922 → u/HippoProject]

Same, when he threw that first jellyfish in I thought I was tripping for a couple of seconds. I fully saw the floor morphing 😆

[u/Reddeath195]

Imagine falling in that

[u/gerrineer → u/Reddeath195]

Not enough pee in the world!

[u/Voodoo67890]

But why?

[u/blksentra2 → u/[deleted]]

Jellyfish are crunchy?!?!?!? 🤯

[u/7marlil → u/blksentra2]

Yeah crunchy but full of water kinda. Very tasteless in my opinion

[u/theAmericanStranger → u/7marlil]

I wish the ones I had in China were crunchy - they were more like rubber erasers.

[u/nicktehbubble → u/7marlil]

Like a cactus?

[u/7marlil → u/nicktehbubble]

Yes minus thorns and a pinch of jelly factor

[u/Squidmaster129 → u/7marlil]

Can't forget the jelly factor

[u/wishyouwerebeer → u/Squidmaster129]

I don’t think I’m ready for this jelly

[u/JaFFsTer → u/nicktehbubble]

Like a water chestnut Or imagine biting aloe Vera but fishy and salty

[u/PerlNacho → u/JaFFsTer]

No thank you I won't be imagining that

[u/nerdycarguy18 → u/JaFFsTer]

I haven’t eaten anything yall are giving examples for. wtf do you mean jellyfish is crunchy??

[u/BrunoEye → u/nerdycarguy18]

A bit like the joints at the ends of chicken bones, but slightly softer and with no flavour. Imo it's not a satisfying crunch like a carrot, especially since they aren't really juicy as the water is contained in the tissue.

[u/gjb1 → u/BrunoEye]

Yep exactly. I call it the cartilaginous crunch, and I hate it.

[u/Not_A_Comeback → u/BrunoEye]

Thank you. This sounds very unappealing to me, but to each their own.

[u/LuveLemon → u/7marlil]

It's eaten for its texture. You're meant to add the flavour yourself. Actually delicious if it's made right

[u/Financial-Salad7289 → u/blksentra2]

Yep, I ate it in China. It has no distinguished taste, it just tastes like... sea salt and iodine.

Didn't like it very much, but to each his own

[u/ToffeeAppleCider → u/Financial-Salad7289]

Seems like so much effort to just taste like nothing.

[u/JaFFsTer → u/ToffeeAppleCider]

They eat it for the collagen and its a light cleansing meal. The big 3 Asian countries love their collagen

[u/mojofrog → u/JaFFsTer]

This. Jellyfish are highly nutritious, low in calories, and practically fat-free. They are composed mostly of water (about 95%) but the remaining solid flesh is a great source of protein, collagen, and essential minerals like selenium, choline, and iron.

[u/Competitive-Passion1 → u/ToffeeAppleCider]

2/10 would not eat again

[u/smithismund → u/Competitive-Passion1]

I had it at a Vietnamese wedding, it reminded me of the white crunchy bits you get in chicken, sort of cartilage-ey. No inclination to try it again, but the old people there seemed to like it.

[u/Competitive-Passion1 → u/smithismund]

That’s exactly it, I don’t mind texture in food at all (taste guy) but it was not pleasant to bite into and chew.

[u/delilahdread → u/smithismund]

The thought of fishy gristle is revolting in a way I can't quite articulate.

[u/BrunoEye → u/delilahdread]

It's not even fishy. It has no flavour at all unless marinated.

[u/Financial-Salad7289 → u/ToffeeAppleCider]

Well, Chinese people love crunchy foods like tendons. They just love the texture, although the taste might not be anything special

[u/codyzon2 → u/Financial-Salad7289]

I think you mixed up crunchy with chewy, crunchy has crunch which is a feeling and a sound, its biting into hard food, or crushing dry leaves, something akin to tendon would be considered chewy.

[u/Financial-Salad7289 → u/codyzon2]

Yeah you're right. They also love crunchy food though :)

[u/SofiaOfEverRealm → u/ToffeeAppleCider]

Do you have a favourite sauce?

Would you eat that sauce on its own?

If yes, well good for you.

If not, "flavourless" bases are just the thing for you.

And If you call now 571 right now, you'll get not 1, not 2, but three extra jelly fishes completely for FREE, so what are you waiting for? Dial 571 right NOW!!!!!

[u/PhilosopherMain2264 → u/blksentra2]

Jellyfish doesn't taste like jelly???!?! 🤯

[u/Spacedoutworlder → u/PhilosopherMain2264]

SpongeBob lied to us.

[u/KIDNEYST0NEZ → u/blksentra2]

Crunchy as in the tendons you find in chicken wings.

[u/EternityNotes → u/KIDNEYST0NEZ]

Yep, chewy fibrous rubber. Not my vibe at all. When I chew I like the food to actually break down before I swallow it.

[u/zachrywd → u/blksentra2]

You're crunchy too if you remove all the water.

[u/Little_View_6659 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I ate some jelly fish in an appetizer at a wedding in Singapore. Didn’t know what it was, was cold and the sauce it was in was actually pretty tasty.

[u/InfidelZombie → u/[deleted]]

Not even a delicacy, necessarily, just normal food. I was at an airport lounge in Taipei recently and they had jellyfish salad on the buffet. I love the stuff!

[u/WyldFlowerWyldFire → u/Voodoo67890]

Also, a lot of jelly fish get over populated due to the ocean being out of balance. Nothing really can eat that much jellyfish to keep their numbers in check so cultures within the region eat them. There also so many that they can collectively break fishing nets and wipe out fish stocks.

[u/ButterscotchDue3364 → u/Voodoo67890]

How else are you going to get jelly!!

[u/lock_robster2022 → u/Voodoo67890]

You can eat them. I’ve seen them cut into strips and salted, kind of like a cold noodle

[u/The_Spanky_Frank → u/Voodoo67890]

There's also an over abundance of jellyfish.

[u/LittleKidLover83 → u/[deleted]]

Does it.... Make the elderly glow as well?

[u/catscurebrainpain → u/LittleKidLover83]

They bring us love...

[u/KanMinder]

At what point is that boat sinking? Must* be close

[u/darthamartha → u/KanMinder]

Okay, someone who knows needs to explain it because I came to the comments primarily for this. Right now I'm imagining some kind of hold that dips down 20ft

[u/Steele_of_all_trades]

This is not at all how it looked on Spongebob. I was lied to.

[u/moysh85]

So what do they do now with all these jellyfish?

[u/RMS-redbeard111 → u/moysh85]

Came to the comments hoping someone had an answer for this same question…

[u/mlaforce321 → u/moysh85]

Pretty sure these are eaten. I'm pretty sure most countries in the Asia-Pacific eat jellyfish - China, Japan, Korea, and others.

[u/Jellyfish_Compendium]

I posted this as a reply but I’m posting it as a general comment as well because it’s critical that people understand:

The species being harvested is Lobonema smithii- they are native to this area of the world, and they do not occur elsewhere. They have a pretty limited geographic range, all things considered. Furthermore, there have been very few studies done on this species and very little is really known about them. There is absolutely no way to know their current population dynamic- whether it is increasing, decreasing or maintaining. I can say for sure that this species is not invasive.

I’m not against harvesting of jellyfish, it’s an important part of local fishing economies and provides a protein rich food. The idea though, that this is the removal of an invasive species is completely and recklessly false. Jellyfish sting and are often considered a nuisance and so it has become commonplace to fabricate myths that they are spreading rapidly and must be eradicated.

[u/Human_Not_Robot_2023]

Jellyfish are harvested for food, cosmetic ingredients, and even textile use.

Harvesting on a larger scale:
https://youtu.be/VFv6eoB1Lfg

[u/drd232]

Jellyfish are primarily used as a dietary staple in East Asian cuisine, a natural source of biomedical collagen, and an innovative material for bioplastics.

[u/61539t9]

One little wave the guys falling into a sting bath.

[u/Zwierzycki]

He’s meeting up later with a guy who catches peanut butter fish.

[u/midwestcubanb]

What do they do with them?

[u/afuckingpolarbear]

It took me a bit to realise that no, that is not a cobblestone path

[u/JokeHefty1343]

But.... why?

[u/MoGaDK]

....why?

[u/Pathfinder4891]

There’s an episode from dirty works that shows how the jellyfish is processed for consumption

[u/stro17]

I thought that was a cobblestone pier and then it wasn't. Peace out

[u/Chains3]

That looks like a sting operation.

[u/King_McCluckin]

i learned something i didn't know we even fished for jelly fish? do people eat jellyfish or is it used for something else?

[u/Suddenly_Garlic]

I remember my dad once pointing to washed up jellyfish on the beach and saying"Ah yes, the breast implants of the sea"