The EcoJel Project

The EcoJel Project is a four year project funded by the European Union Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Ireland Wales Programme 2007-2013 - Interreg 4A.

EcoJel is a collaboration between Swansea University (Wales) and University College Cork (Ireland). EcoJel aims to assess the opportunities and detrimental impacts of jellyfish in the Irish Sea.

Project participants: Prof. Graeme Hays, Dr Tom Doyle, Dr Victoria Hobson, Dr Ruth Callaway and Mr Thomas Bastian.

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July Jellyfish Sightings So Far!

As we are well and truly into the jellyfish season, we thought it would be a good idea to produce a map with all your recent jellyfish sightings from Facebook and our online sightings scheme.

As you can see from the map, there is a lot of activity along the east coast of Ireland especially around Dublin. It will come as no surprise that here is where several bathers have been badly stung during the last few weeks. As we head into mid-July and August, it is likely that there will be many more strandings of the Lion's Mane jellyfish, so be careful.

Again many thanks for all your sightings! They are really helping us to discover the secret lives of jellyfish.

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