Jellyfish as Food: A Narrative Review
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Studies toward a sustainable future conducted by international organizations uniformly agree about having to change some of our present consumer behaviors. Regarding food, suggestions include eating locally farmed, less industrialized and renewable food ...

Studies toward a sustainable future conducted by international organizations uniformly agree about having to change some of our present consumer behaviors. Regarding food, suggestions include eating locally farmed, less industrialized and renewable food to promote health and circularity, and limiting waste. Jellyfish are frequently sorted and discarded after being caught with fish in fishing nets and gear. In contrast, we propose utilizing this by-catch as food. This review discusses the economic value and sustainability of jellyfish, the technologies used to prepare them for human consumption, their nutritional profile and health impacts and, finally, consumer acceptability and sensory evaluation of jellyfish food products. This discussion is critical for promoting jellyfish as an important aquatic resource to support blue and circular economies.

    • Number1SummerJam@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Excess jellyfish is a product of climate change. If we don’t start finding a way to deal with them they’ll kill off other species.

      • occhineri@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Ecosystems tend to find equilibriums on their own, intervening will not help it and most likely makes it worse. Probably, a growing population of jellyfish is already a solution, the ecosystem came up with to a problem we might not even see yet.