The Impact of Jellyfish Population on Human Economy and Countermeasures

Yihan Deng

doi:10.54254/2753-8818/3/20220414

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The Impact of Jellyfish Population on Human Economy and Countermeasures

Yihan Deng *^,1,

¹ The royal school, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1HQ, United kingdom

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-8818/3/20220414

Abstract

Global warming has brought huge changes to marine life. This essay analyses the direct and indirect factors that lead to changes in the number of jellyfish, and the impact of the increase in the number of jellyfish on humans. The direct cause of the impact on the jellyfish population is due to global warming, and human overfishing is an indirect factor leading to the increase in the jellyfish population. However, as a result of the development of coastal cities by humans, the living environment of some giant jellyfish has been destroyed which resulting in a decline in the number of giant jellyfish. The growth in the number of jellyfish has caused a huge expense on the human economy in beach recreation, fishing and aquaculture. Therefore, the government needs to take some targeted measures to prevent the increase in the number of jellyfish and planning to prevent ecosystem changes due to continued global warming. Global warming and human overfishing lead to imbalances in marine ecosystems. This essay hopes to find more solutions that to prevent jellyfish populations from continuing to increase which can protect marine ecosystems and sustain the human economy.

Keywords

fisheries, global warming, economic loss, overfishing

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