New Industry in Our Area?

General Fishing Discussion
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Found this interesting. Never knew there was such a big industry for them here.

http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/03/06/2408220/seafood-company-wants-to-bring.html

Seafood company wants to bring jellyfish industry, 250 jobs to Port Royal, region

A seafood processing company would bring as many as 250 jobs to the Beaufort area under a plan that would rehabilitate the Port Royal shrimp docks and build a processing plant in Gardens Corner.

“Our goal is to create a fishing area the town of Port Royal can be proud of,” Millenarian Trading Co. representative Steven Giese told Port Royal Town Council during a work session Wednesday night.

The project, code named “Operation Blossom,” was first referenced by town manager Van Willis during a meeting in February. On Wednesday, he said council is considering a five-year lease for the docks. The property is owned by the S.C. State Ports Authority and will be given to the town in a swap, if the Port of Port Royal is sold to a developer. In the meantime, the town has an agreement to run the shrimp docks. Under the terms of the town’s lease with the ports authority, such an operation is allowed, Willis said.

The hope is to reach an agreement quickly so Millenarian can start fishing for Cannonball jellyfish, also called jellyballs, before the end of their season in May, Giese said. The Beaufort/Port Royal area is near the end of the migration route for the fish, so the jelly fish are large and plentiful in the area, he said.

The season starts up again in November, providing time for repairs to docks and to get ready for increased fishing and processing. Since jellyball season is opposite shrimp season, it will provide income opportunities for shrimpers during what is typically a slow period, Giese said. The company will also process blue crabs, whelks, conches and other seafood.

The seafood will be brought into the Port Royal shrimp dock and prepared for shipping to the processing plant. Land has already been purchased in Gardens Corner, Giese said.

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they should be able to flood the market in the first day of the season.

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I though you just went out with a jellyfish net and scooped them up. At least that is how they do it on Sponge Bob.

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As I read that story, the only place I could imagine buying and eating them was Japan. They will eat anything that comes out of the ocean in Japan! I walked through a fish market when I was living there and remember looking at many of the items for sale thinking “Who would eat that?” over and over. Apparently jellyballs are high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol. You won’t catch me taking a bite out of one unless I have had many, many beers, which I don’t do on the boat anymore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_jellyfish

Commercial fishing

Georgia jellyfish are dried, preserved and packaged before being sold to a seafood distributor that ships them to Japan, China and Thailand.
Along the coast of the southern U.S. state of Georgia, jellyfish are a valuable export, which end up on dining tables across Asia. The jellyfish are dried, preserved and packaged before being sold to a seafood distributor that ships them to Japan, China, and Thailand.
Jellyball (as they are known locally) fishing is Georgias third largest commercial fishery - after shrimp and crabs - but only five boats are permitted to catch them.

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