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Overfishing leading to jellyfish abundance

7 May 2013

According to a new study conducted by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) researchers and its partners, overfishing is the main factor behind the abundance of jellyfish in all of the planet's oceans, says Natalia Real on FIS.com.

The findings were published in the Bulletin of Marine Science.

The overfishing of jellyfish predator species, such as tuna, are leaving jellyfish with less to worry about. Simultaneously, they are primarily benefitting from the overfishing of small pelagic fish, as they all feed off zooplankton and the fewer small pelagic fish there are, the more food is left for jellyfish and the more they can thrive.

Read the full article on www.fis.com.