Mexico: Cannonball jellyfish with great export impact

The cannonball jellyfish fishery is carried out mainly off the coast of Sonora, where in 2018 it registered its highest historical catches, with an official discharge of 62 thousand tons Mexico City, June 2, 2021.— This species of jellyfish belongs to the Stomolophidae family, but its common name is cannon ball, cabbage head or bullet jellyfish, because it refers to the similarity of its umbrella in shape and size . Like the rest of the species that inhabit our seas, these jellyfish are predators that hunt and feed on marine fish, especially croaker, but they also have a threat under the sea: leatherback turtles, who need jellyfish to survive. Due to its great demand for human consumption in the Asian market, the cannonball jellyfish or aguamala has been captured in Mexico since 2001. The product is exported mainly to Vietnam and Singapore, in turn these countries resell it mainly to China and Japan. During this 2021, for zone III, which includes from Guaymas to the Yaqui ...