Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Ton Fishing Boat
 

Dozens of Nomura's jellyfish sunk the Diasan Shinsho-maru boat and sent its three-man crew into the sea, The Mainichi Daily News reported.

The organisms can weigh up to 440lbs and grow up to 6ft in diameter.

The three men forced into the sea, near Chosi, were rescued by another trawler.
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Waters around Japan have been inundated with the jellyfish this year.

Experts believe weather and water conditions in the breeding grounds off the coast of China have been ideal for the species in recent months.

"The arrival is inevitable," Hiroshima University Professor Shinichi Ue told the Yomiuri newspaper.

Echizen kurage, or Nomura's jellyfish, are caught in a fishing net off the shores of Awashimaura, northern Japan, in 2003

"A huge jellyfish typhoon will hit the country."

Nomura's jellyfish have been known to wreak havoc in Japanese waters.

They destroy fishing nets, poison fish in the nets and render them unfit for sale, sting humans and even disable nuclear power stations by blocking pumps used to cool the reactors.

In 2007, there were 15,500 reports of damage caused to fishing equipment by jellyfish in the region, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Many fishermen have tried to keep jellyfish out of their nets by using sharp wires.

their scary :helpme

Scary stuff, I never realized what a problem they could be.

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yuck, nasty creatures. looks like something thats been cut open

Good for them for fucking up the overly greedy japanese fishing tactics....them and the spanish have all but emptied parts of the worlds oceans already!

if u ate sushi and noodles all the damn time you would be out there hungry as hell :1orglaugh

Is this jellyfish edible?

damn I hate them when they are small!

yes they are some sushi bars have it

Just photo shop a pic of the jellyfish into the Enola Gay like they did in South Park's Whale Whores episode

The ocean is one scary place!!

Jellyfish freak me the fuck out!

Saw hundreds of them in Malta last month. A bit scary swimming in the sea knowing they aren't too far away...

at least know all of your facts before calling out entire countries. Hell technically you forgot the worst offender anyways.

When it comes to over fishing we are all very guilty.

Fuck those tubes are EVERYWHERE!

If it was just the Japanese, everything would probably be fine. The Western world has dramatically shifted to eating more fish, particularly sushi. That's what is draining stocks.

Crazy stuff. Probably going to have the same thing happen in Australia.

How the hell does a jelly fish capsize a fishing boat? lol.

when they were bringing in the catch it was a bunch of 400 pound jellyfish :1orglaugh

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I so much hate jellyfish.... Portugese warships.... comes in thousands... could easily kill you, the little bastards!

that must have been a fun swim for the guys forced into the water teeming with 400 lb jellyfish :helpme

wonder how many screamed like a girl :1orglaugh

I was killed by a giant jellyfish once.

All of em... lol

I would too.

so a jellyfish[s] that can be up to 6' in diameter and roughly 400lbs managed to capsize a 10 ton boat? Something isn't right.

didn't some people there in japan find a way to turn them into a chewy candy? sounds like a pretty good way to get rid of that problem and make some money off it at the same time.

no shit they would say his voice box was destroyed from screaming :1orglaugh:helpme

I thought for sure the jellyfish was going to be white and the boat's owner, black.

:1orglaugh its funny joke about racism

that fuckin thing just might be the scariest real thing i've ever seen.

damn :/

That's nuts. I hate swimming in the ocean regardless so this is yet another reason to add to my list. LMAO