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Jellyfish Thrive in Overfished Seas

By Robin Meadows
October-December 2006 (Vol. 7, No. 4)

Lynam, C.P. et al. 2006. Jellyfish overtake fish in a heavily fished ecosystem. Current Biology 16:R492-R493.


Jellyfish as wide as dinner plates now dominate Namibian waters where fish once teemed, according to a recent report in Current Biology.

"This is a profound ecosystem change, with possible consequences to fish stock recovery," say Christopher Lynam of the University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, and six coauthors.

Masses of large jellyfish cause all sorts of troubles, from



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