The Environment Ministry has released 40 sea turtles, which prey on jellyfish, into the Mediterranean Sea to counteract the recent rise in the number of jellyfish, head of the ministry’s North District Protectorates division Mohamed El Essawi said, Al Shorouk reports. Some experts have said that the increase in jellyfish is due to the overfishing of sea turtles, which disturbed the marine ecosystem. El Essawi said the ministry has recorded 7,000 jellyfish washing up on the shores of the North Coast, Alexandria, and Baltim since 28 June, with the North Coast accounting for the lion’s share, according to Al Masry Al Youm.