Asian Markets Want Cannonball Jellyfish, Florida Has them.(Originated from Tallahassee Democrat, Fla.)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: September 29, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Sep. 28--For most of his life, fisherman Monty Metcalf has found cannonball jellyfish an irritation, white blobs that clogged his shrimp nets as he picked through his catch.

Florida's net ban has changed his perspective.

Metcalf and his wife, Krista, are now debating whether to enter Florida's fledgling jellyfish harvesting industry to replace the income lost from catching fewer shrimp and mullet.

"I never thought I'd be doing cannonball fishing," Metcalf said last week, as he and his wife attended a harvesting and processing training session. "But I've ...

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