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Jellyfish no more

... Jellyfish no more Just two years ago, salmon cages were hurriedly removed from Ronas Voe, after a brush with swarms of jellyfish, which had pretty serious effects on the young fish. This week local salmon farmers, MJM Salmon have just completed a group ...

Published: Friday 06 May 1988
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Jellyfish blamed for deaths

... Jellyfish blamed for deaths By John G. Coutts SALMON farmers in the North Isles have been left counting the cost of a jellyfish invasion which has killed hundreds of thousands of prime fish. Millions of tiny jellyfish seeped through the nets surrounding ...

Published: Friday 05 September 1997
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 611 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A common jellyfish

... A common jellyfish. The jellyfish has little or no predators as it searches for plankton, but it will take small fishes, crabs, worms, molluscs and even other jellyfish. Its mouth is said to expand relative to its body. ...

Published: Friday 23 September 1994
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 38 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Jellyfish invasion hits salmon farmers

... Jellyfish invasion hits salmon farmers SALMON farmers are being forced to kill their fish early as scores of tiny jellyfish have invaded cages in the isles causing the fish to haemorrhage. The jellyfish are small enough to get through the netting around ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1997
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

W. clclereeeend Stranded blue and brown baby jellyfish

... W. clclereeeend Stranded blue and brown baby jellyfish. dark, sheltered cove, a brilliant beam of light suddenly appeared. The light picked up a strange shifting green reflection from the sea bed dizzyingly far below. Between us and the blurred jade spaces ...

Published: Friday 04 August 2000
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 154 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Jellyfish swarm attacks fish farm cages at Seli Voe

... Jellyfish swarm attacks fish farm cages at Seli Voe The Hoganess Salmon Company, at the Bridge of Walls, has suffered heavy losses of up to 34,000 salmon after a plague of jellyfish swamped the cages in Seli Voe. The loss constitutes about one third of ...

Published: Friday 06 May 1988
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 430 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Stinging Jellyfish — the marine invasion set to hit Mossbank night

... The Stinging Jellyfish — the marine invasion set to hit Mossbank night. A MARINE INVASION will hit Mossbank tomorrow night in the form of four Stinging Jellyfish. Despite their name, the musical quartet who will take to the stage at Mossbank Hall, from ...

Published: Friday 05 May 1989
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

Fish farm loses stock to jellyfish 10r second time

... Fish farm loses stock to jellyfish 10r second time THE PIONEERING fish farming company Shetland Sea Trout has been dealt another blow with the loss of a second year's crop to jellyfish infestation. Paul Featherstone of the company said some 89.000 fish ...

Published: Friday 10 April 1998
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 358 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

College principal Morgan Goodlad thinks there is more to it than a jellyfish plague. “I personally think it's a ..

... College principal Morgan Goodlad thinks there is more to it than a jellyfish plague. “I personally think it's a fairly complex picture . . . more than one factor and it is catastrophic,” he said. “But there’s not going to be an easy answer.” Warmer water ...

Published: Friday 05 September 1997
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 562 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Jellyfish victi A salmon farming company The meeting also gave outline moved into Dury Voe without a planning ..

... Mr John Gordon Johnson, to jellyfish invasion. build an onshore farm and access ! Feal Salmon Ltd had cages in road at Skeo Taing, Skelberry. i Ronas Voe, but the fish there Vidlin were attacked by millions of tiny jellyfish. The firm felt it had to move ...

Published: Friday 18 July 1986
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 167 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NORTH MAINLAND NOTES

... were not worried that they might run into jellyfish trouble. Apparently they don’t think it will be much of a problem. MJM had a cage in the voe before, and although the fish were sometimes annoyed by jellyfish, they grew well, and were fine salmon at ...

Published: Friday 06 May 1988
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 4 | Tags: none