Jellyfish Spread Accelerating... Warning Level Raised to 'Caution'

The crisis alert for jellyfish mass occurrence has been raised from the 'interest' level to the 'caution' level, just five days after the 'interest' level was issued. On the 9th, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it has upgraded and issued the jellyfish mass occurrence crisis alert from 'interest' to 'caution' level, based on an additional preliminary warning special report from the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute. The 'caution' level is issued when a preliminary warning is announced in two sea areas. Previously, a preliminary warning special report was issued for the waters off Busan and South Gyeongsang Province on the 4th, triggering the crisis alert 'interest' level. On the 9th, as the special report was expanded to include the waters off South Jeolla Province, the alert level was raised. When the crisis alert 'caution' level is issued, the government and local governments will strengthen monitoring in the sea areas with jellyfish ...