Fisheries Dept: Rising sea temperatures factor in jellyfish ‘invasion’ at Kuala Penyu beach in Sabah

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KOTA KINABALU, March 28 — The phenomenon of thousands of jellyfish beached at Kampung Jangkit, Kuala Penyu, yesterday which went viral on social media is closely related to the...

Sabah Fisheries Department director Azhar Kassim said the unusually large population of jellyfish was due to an increase in their reproduction rate due to the increase in sea temperature, in addition to the ebb and flow tides causing the jellyfish to be stranded on the beach.KOTA KINABALU, March 28 — The phenomenon of thousands of jellyfish beached at Kampung Jangkit, Kuala Penyu, yesterday which went viral on social media is closely related to the sudden tide and rising sea temperatures.

He said this incident is also closely related to the existence of food sources for zooplankton, small crustaceans and baby fish in the sea.

 

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