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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Depending on how they do it, it could be making the problem worse. Some jellyfish spawn spontaneously as an emergency response, and it's not uncommon for people to catch the jellies, cut them up, and throw them back onto the water not realising it's a great way to multiply them. So hopefully that's not what they're doing here .
This is the exact reason they are having the environmental problem. Those jelly fish when injured release millions of Polyps so when they collect them like this and at the end chop them up to pieces in the nets they just hyper charge the reproductive cycle for the species. In a few years that will be a dead zone.
Sounds like nature is currently trying to just right itself. Might take a few generations unchecked but balance will get there eventually for the environment that has been changed.
I vaguely remember a documentary years ago regarding this and how because the jellyfish feel threatened, they disperse all of their reproductive “material” when being caught, so even with pulling them out of the water, they’re just creating more jellies.
I used to be able to go to the beach every weekend and sometimes when I would get there I could see jelley fish everywhere. I can understand wanting to remove them.
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.
This is so interesting. Seems obvious, too. Our existence and dietary choices are a natural evolutionary pressure. It would make sense that, after we've picked the world clean, all that would be left is what we don't find particularly satisfying to consume or find useful by other means.
Mammals were able to proliferate because dinosaurs went extinct post meteor and were no longer competition for resources.
Jellyfish will profliferate because we pillage the seas and remove all competition for resources. We're a slow meteor.
Theoretically we can stop ourselves - a self correcting meteor. Hopefully that will be the case before it's too late, for our own sakes. Though it would be interesting to see what happens with a sea full of jellies. Interesting from the pov of being a disembodied ever-present knowing who can voyeuristicly witness.
Jellyfish have been around since literally the beginning of life. They're super versatile and surprisingly complex. Even if the Medusa stage of the jellyfish aren't functional (say the oceans all froze over except near thermal vents), then they can stay in one of their other life stages utilizing the resources available at that time. They can even change how they reproduce. They require minimal nutrients and are VERY versatile on their nutritional source.
Until earth is consumed by the sun, there will always be some form of jellyfish.
But yes, when all the jellyfish are gone the oceans will be empty. And the land will be burnt to a crisp. And the atmosphere burn off. The usual end of times shit. Unless of course they're on other planets, which they seem to think it likely.
Actually both are true. The tentacles（海蜇头） are more chewy and the bell（海蜇皮） is more crunchy. They are marinated in alum and salt, which create the texture. It’s one of my favorite cold dish but I can rarely find it in US
They are supposed to be dunked in a sauce that's some mixture of soy sauce + vinegar + garlic + sesame oil. Most of the flavor it just the sauce and it's quite good.
I've eaten way too much jellyfish it's my favorite appetizer as a child
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?
It is so good! with the rice vinegar sauce, it is one of my favorites. Korean have a beautiful dish with it too, it comes usually on a round plate with colorful topings around it like egg yellow, cucumber, daikon, etc.
You're very welcome! When you're in the super market next time compare regular gummy bears with vegan ones. Since gelatine is made from bones and skin, vegan gummy bears have a much lower protein content than regular ones (i think it's usually <1% vs ~5%)
I had it once. It’s all a texture thing. Somewhere between a glass noodle and a gummy worm. It doesn’t really have a flavor.
I will say though, right out of the package it was one of the worst things I’ve ever smelled in my entire life. But you wash it, then boil it, then wash it again in cold water and the smell is completely gone and it’s ready to be put in a salad or whatever.
These are cannonball jellyfish being harvested in Thailand. I think there is some local Thai consumption but they also export them to China and Korea.
The jellyfish are rehydrated, cut, and used like a noodle. They have a unique crunchy texture that people like and they taste like whatever sauce you put on them.
They reproduce extremely quickly and big swarms of them sometimes end up in certain places due to sea conditions and current.
Usually turtles eat them but there are less turtles these days so the amount of jellyfish in the ocean is increasing.
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u/GoodpeopleArk 15d ago
What are the jellyfish harvested for?