| Spanish scientists warn that as summer sets in, the | | | | overfishing, in the result of which the number of the |
| coastal waters of Spain will be invaded not only by the | | | | natural enemies of jellyfish decreases. Dr. Reese |
| lovers of beach vacation, but also by poisonous | | | | Tirado from the Scientific research laboratory of |
| jellyfish. In the recent years these marine dwellers | | | | "Greenpeace" in Exeter, Great Britain, thinks that not |
| have become a real disaster for the adorers of | | | | only fishing contributes to their exuberance. According |
| Mediterranean seaside, and it is the fault of overfishing | | | | to her words, the agricultural activity of the man is also |
| and global warming, says the British "Guardian." | | | | in no small measure contributes to these creatures: the |
| While studying the life cycle of jellyfish, the scientists | | | | abundance of manure, getting with the sewage into |
| from the Institute of Marine Science in Barcelona have | | | | the sea, provokes the heavy growth of seaweed, |
| discovered 30 colonies, with 4-6 zooids per 1 cubic | | | | which is in the diet of jellyfish. |
| meter of the water across the entire Catalan coast. | | | | Global warming, which causes such anxiety not only |
| As the summer sets in, the sea currents will bring them | | | | among the scientific society, but also in the political |
| from the depths to the coastal waters of the popular | | | | quarters and in mass consciousness, also "plays into |
| resorts of Costa Brava. | | | | the hands" of jellyfish, say the Spanish researchers. |
| However, the problem of jellyfish "invasion" was faced | | | | The mild climate, small amount of precipitation and |
| not only by the countries of the Mediterranean basin. | | | | absence of the common for winter period storms in |
| "The impressive growth of the population of jellyfish | | | | this region, create ideal conditions for the propagation |
| was registered in Japan, Namibia, off the coasts of | | | | of these marine dwellers. |
| Alaska, Venezuela, Peru, Australia - told the journalists | | | | According to the data of the British newspaper, in the |
| one of the participants of the research, professor | | | | year 2006 the members of Red Cross have lend aid |
| Joseph-Maria Hili. - this is the ecological problem of the | | | | to the 21 000 people, stricken by jellyfish during the |
| international level." | | | | vacation on Catalan beaches. During one day in the |
| As found out by the scientists, the jellyfish propagate | | | | August of the same year, on the beach in Malaga, 400 |
| not only in summer, but during the whole year. There is | | | | people were harmed, and in December hundreds of |
| nothing new in the fact of the heavy increase of their | | | | bathers have suffered burns after they met jellyfish on |
| population, as a rule, this repeats with the frequency of | | | | the South-Eastern coast of Brasilia. |
| once in ten years. However, recently the "invasions" of | | | | Somebody would think that beaches with coastal |
| these invertebrate inhabitants of the bosom of the sea | | | | water full of sharks would also get not really much |
| happen more and more often, and the colonies are | | | | tourists in this season, but it is actually exactly inside |
| steadily growing and gaining new habitats. | | | | out. There is an opinion that sharks are the engine of |
| According to the scientists, one of the main reasons of | | | | tourism. |
| the upsetting of biological balance has become the | | | | |