In the Asian countries of Japan and China people have been salting, drying and rehydrating it in soups for centuries. |
It is also believed to have medicinal properties — like alleviating arthritis pain. |
In these waters, the schools of jellyfish that drift near the surface during spring are so dense that a boat can fill its trawl net in just a few minutes and haul in tons per day, say local fishers. |
The jellyfish industry has been about the best thing that's happened to us in decades, says another. |
The island is now the country’s largest jellyfish fishery by weight landed. |
On good days, fishers are making thousands of US dollars from jellyfish trawling. |
As many species of sea life decline due to overfishing and environmental changes, jellyfish populations are thriving in the fishery that surrounds the island. |
They can even survive in oxygen-deprived waters where most other sea life is absent. |
Jellyfish salad. |
