The fried egg jellyfish, with fish fry, photographed by Giulia Durante off Bari, ItalyThe fried egg jellyfish, with fish fry, photographed by Giulia Durante off Bari, Italy

The winners of a jellyfish photo competition run by the Med-Jellyrisk project will be receiving an underwater camera or a smartphone, while some of the best photos will feature in a calendar.

The judges considered the photos’ quality and the public’s reaction to them over social media. All the photos may be seen on the project’s Facebook page and website.

Another initiative of the project, informing people about jellyfish blooms, was the launch of the Med-Jelly smartphone application for Maltese beaches, which is available for free for the Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jelly.med.mobileapp ) and the iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/LY/app/id868757617?mt=8 ) platforms.

At the Malta Communication Authority’s eBiz awards last year the app was shortlisted as one of the best local initiatives.

The moon jellyfish photo­graphed by Elena Stanca at an aquarium in Heraklion, Crete.The moon jellyfish photo­graphed by Elena Stanca at an aquarium in Heraklion, Crete.

The local Spot the Jellyfish initiative, coordinated by Alan Deidun, is collaborating with the project by giving it access to the jellyfish data submitted by the public.

The University’s Physical Ocean­ography Unit and Biology Department is a partner in the Med-Jellyrisk project, which runs until December. It is funded under the ENPI-CBC MED programme.

http://jellyrisk.eu

www.ioikids.net/jellyfish

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