Tourist WARNING! Sattahip Bay Swamped With A Million Jellyfish

SATTAHIP: -- Deputy of superintendent of Sattahip municipality issues a jellyfish warning for Sattahip Bay since more than a million jellyfish were reported in the sea. Tourists swimming in the sea should be careful . Jellyfish can produce a painful and poisonous sting.

Sattahip, October 7, 2011 [PDN]; Sattahip Bay, Chonburi province. More than a million jellyfish type, cup jellyfish have been reported floating in Sattahip Bay. Some tourists were frightened and did not dare to swim in the sea.

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-- PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2011-10-09

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Funny how they come up with a million jellyfish :-)

No doubt a consequence of over fishing in the area

Did someone count them

Leave the turtles alone, and problem solved.

Funny how they come up with a million jellyfish :-)

No doubt a consequence of over fishing in the area

No doubt a consequence of ... "No doubt" ? What the hell do you know about it.

It's not the first time jelly fish have appeared in the seas of Thailand and it won't be the last. In the North of Australia we have the stinger season, which has nothing to do with over fishing. It's just part of the marine ecology. The source of these jelly fish in Sattahip bay, if ever known will be established by scientific research, conducted by marine biologists, not a slob with a beer can in one hand and computer mouse in the other.

If you are so sure it's to do with fishing, then I trust you don't eat fish. Otherwise we can say it's your fault.

The mention of a million, is not meant as a specific number, but is used as a figure of speech.

tuna, swordfish, moonfish, triggerfish and certain kinds of sea turtles - especially the leatherback turtle-which are all major jellyfish predators. As are the Chinese

Perhaps the idea of overfishing tuna etc is not too far off the mark.

not a slob with a beer can in one hand and computer mouse in the other.

What's he using to type with?

Funny how they come up with a million jellyfish :-)

No doubt a consequence of over fishing in the area

No doubt a consequence of ... "No doubt" ? What the hell do you know about it.

It's not the first time jelly fish have appeared in the seas of Thailand and it won't be the last. In the North of Australia we have the stinger season, which has nothing to do with over fishing. It's just part of the marine ecology. The source of these jelly fish in Sattahip bay, if ever known will be established by scientific research, conducted by marine biologists, not a slob with a beer can in one hand and computer mouse in the other.

If you are so sure it's to do with fishing, then I trust you don't eat fish. Otherwise we can say it's your fault.

The mention of a million, is not meant as a specific number, but is used as a figure of speech.

Actually Jelly fish Blooms as they are called are a result of ocean currents pushing swarms of Jelly fish together.i have some interest in the subject because Jelly fish are quite good at shutting down power plant that are seawater cooled as happened to at least one plant in Maptaphut a few years back and recently happened to Nuclear power plant in Japan, Scotland and Israel. The geographic separation at least proving that they were likrely caused by different Blooms.

not a slob with a beer can in one hand and computer mouse in the other.

What's he using to type with?

He's typing with an attitude.

While most officials involved with the tourist trade would probably say "come on down, the waters fine" the Deputy superintendent of Sattahip municipality deserves a lot of credit for doing the right thing.

Therefore I will not be making any "Jellyfish Hub of Southeast Asia" jokes in this post.