Clinging Jellyfish

If you're like me and you like to go into the water at Tices Shoal...Be careful! The Clinging Jellyfish was discovered in the Barnegat Bay this weekend, just south of Tices Shoal. Originally this type of Jellyfish was only found in rivers and waterways with plenty of vegetation, but unfortunately, they have moved into open waters...

Researchers found nearly 300 clinging jellyfish floating in Barnegat Bay.

If you're like me and you like to go into the water at Tices Shoal...Be careful! The Clinging Jellyfish was discovered in the Barnegat Bay this weekend. Approximately forty of them were spotted and two people were hospitalized due to its painful sting...

Jersey environmental officials issue a warning to swimmers in Monmouth and Ocean Counties after clinging jellyfish have begun populating.

A Jellyfish normally found in the Pacific Ocean that was discovered a few years ago on the Jersey Shore has returned once again. About 40 clinging jellyfish – each between 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter, and some about the size of a dime was spotted in an area off Monmouth Beach known as the Hook according to the Asbury Park Patch...

After 17 small adult clinging jellyfish were found in a river, officials are urging precaution and reiterating what to do in case of a sting.

For years, New Jersey researchers have been trying to get rid of stinging sea nettles, but they might actually be serving a useful purpose.

Careful where you go fishing. Officials say what to look out for and what to do if you're stung.

The clinging jellyfish are affecting our area this summer - find out what they are, where they're found, and what to do if you're stung.

Between May and October each year the Barnegat Bay Partnership (on the heels of their State of the Bay Report release), samples with a 50-foot seine net at numerous parts of Barnegat Bay looking for juvenile fish. Officials have come across a variety of estuarine fish since 2012, but among them four are jellyfish species of which certain types have a potent and harmful sting.

New Jerseyans living on bay and riverfronts are being encouraged to take proactive steps to stop the spread of sea nettles, a type of stinging jellyfish that have shut down swimming in some inland waterways.

A Jellyfish normally found in the Pacific Ocean has been discovered this week in the Barnegat Bay. Researchers don't know why it is here, but they say to watch out this Summer. It's known as the "Clinging" Jellyfish, and it certainly packs a punch. According to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, it's sting feels like a "Hypodermic Needle"....Ouch!!!