Bathers warned as jellyfish swamp coastline.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: July 9, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: By CERI JONES Western Mail

Huge numbers of jellyfish are being found off the Welsh coast, according to a survey out today. The Marine Conservation Society is keeping track of jellyfish encounters and has found them collecting in far larger numbers than was previously thought in waters off the West and North Wales coast.

But they are urging caution because some jellyfish species can be potentially dangerous.

The society hopes the survey's fi...

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