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Environmental change and jellyfish swarms.

“…500 million Nomurai jellyfish–which may each weigh up to 450 pounds and sport a bell up to seven feet in diameter—floated into the Sea of Japan daily during recent summer Nomurai blooms. Resulting losses to fishermen in just one Japanese prefecture have, thus far, totaled at least $20 million. (Problem Nomurai havebeen reported in at least 17 Japanese prefectures.)…”