Overfishing leading to jellyfish abundance

The findings were published in the Bulletin of Marine Science.

The overfishing of jellyfish predator species, such as tuna, are leaving jellyfish with less to worry about. Simultaneously, they are primarily benefitting from the overfishing of small pelagic fish, as they all feed off zooplankton and the fewer small pelagic fish there are, the more food is left for jellyfish and the more they can thrive.

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