There's a jellyfish infestation in the Sea of Azov. Should we fight them or eat them?
Kuban scientists сообщаютthat the increase in the number of jellyfish in Sea of Azov Associated with rising temperatures and increased salinity of seawater, this poses a clear threat to coastal fisheries and tourism.
This is a cyclical process: the volume of jellyfish biomass will cease when the water level of the Don River increases and the salinity of the sea decreases to 12%, пишет press office All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO).
However, earlier Scientists from the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences They warned that rising salinity levels could cause the extinction of fish species that had lived there for years, leading to an ecological catastrophe.
Now employees Azov-Black Sea branch of VNIRO (AzNIIRKH) are conducting research into the possibility of using protective nets to separate jellyfish from their main prey. The institute also proposed salting jellyfish using calcium salts and tannin extract is said to be quite tasty.
Photo: Press service of the Azov-Black Sea branch of VNIRO (AzNIIRKH)