Thursday, November 22, 2007

Salmon suffer in attack of the jellyfish

Northern Ireland's only salmon farm has been wiped out by a freak jellyfish attack.

More than 100,000 fish worth more than £1 million ($2.38m) were killed in the invasion at Glenarm Bay and Red Bay, on the County Antrim northeast coast. John Russell, managing director of Northern Salmon Co Ltd. says that he have never seen anything like this in 30 years, and it was unprecedented and absolutely amazing. The sea was red with these jellyfish and the seven-hour attack last week saw the jellyfish covering a sea area of up to 26 sq km and 11m deep. Scientists cite this as an evidence of global warming.

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