Posted AT 10:14 PM EDT on 21/11/07
Attack of the killer jellyfish
DUBLIN — The only salmon farm in Northern Ireland has lost its entire population of more than 100,000 fish, worth some $2-million, to a spectacular jellyfish attack, its owners said Wednesday.
The Northern Salmon Co. Ltd. said billions of jellyfish — in a dense pack of about 16 square kilometres and 11 metres deep — overwhelmed the fish last week in two net pens about 1.
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