They were forced to act after
Lion's Mane jellyfish were discovered in the water on Sunday.
The Channel is plagued by thousands of
Lion's Mane jellyfish, basking sharks, dolphins, Minke whales and a resident pod of killer whales off the west coast of Scotland that have swam alongside some swimmers on previous crossings.
Here are some of the jellyfish species which have washed up on North Wales beaches over the last few weeks: THE
LION'S MANE JELLYFISH A
Lion's Mane jellyfish (pictured above, inset) was spotted on Llandudno West Shore last week.
The
Lion's Mane jellyfish is one of the UK's most dangerous
THEY are enormous, their sting put three people in hospital in one month, and
lion's mane jellyfish could be heading to the sea near you.
Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) -- the second longest recorded animal in the world, it has red and orange tentacles.
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lion's mane jellyfish in Village Bay,
Marine biologists have listed the hell's fire sea anemone as among the world's toxic and stinging sea creatures, along with the sea wasp box jellyfish, Irukandji jellyfish, Portuguese man o'war, cannonball jellyfish, moon jellyfish,
lion's mane jellyfish, crown-of-thorns sea star, textile cone, reef stonefish, banded sea krait, short-tail stingray, soft sea slugs or nudibranchs, lionfish, puffer fish, scorpionfish, Caribbean fire coral, blue-ringed octopus, stargazer fish, striped eel catfish and sea nettle.
Caption: Scyphozoan Cyanea capillata,
lion's mane jellyfishThe impressive
lion's mane jellyfish, as its name have implies, looks like the hairpiece of its feline namesake and can grow up to two-metres in diameter.
The impressive
lion's mane jellyfish, as its name implies, looks like the hairpiece of its feline namesake and can grow up to two-metres in diameter.