Jellyfish threaten European tourism
Reuters says that jellyfish are infesting the coasts of some of Europes most popular vacation spots, threatening the tourism industry, with from Spain’s Costa del Sol to the French Riviera, an infestation of jellyfish forcing seaside resorts to set up defences, repel the invaders and protect the tourist industry.
The city of Cannes, on the Cote d’Azur, will use a floating barrier to block swarms of jellyfish that inflicted painful stings on thousands of bathers around the Mediterranean last year.
In Spain, a network of volunteers with boats has been recruited for a pre-emptive strike against the primitive creatures, which will be scooped up and deposited in deeper water.
The French, for their part, are trying technology for keeping the jellyfish away from the beaches. “Last year we were defenceless against the threat,” said a spokeswoman for the Mayor of Cannes, who worries about tourist revenues falling victim to the translucent pests.
This has meant deploying a floating boom that holds a net stretching just over two metres beneath the surface and cordons off an area of sea into which no jellyfish will enter, which is similar to one used to stop oil slicks spreading.
Besides assaulting the beaches of southern Europe, a similar, though slightly less toxic, species, has turned up off the Irish coast and salmon farmers from Scotland to Norway have suffered heavy losses from a variety of jellyfish.
The Mediterranean invasion has been blamed by some on warmer waters brought about by climate change.
A Report by The Mole and Reuters
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