Experts desperate for funds to tackle issue

Gelatinous terror: An adult Morbakka box jellyfish caught in Wan Mohizan’s shrimp net off the coast of Balik Pulau. — WAN MOHIZAN WAN HUSSEIN/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Scientists’ efforts to find solutions to the growing box jellyfish problem in Penang are being hobbled by a lack of funds.

They need RM30,000 to run a two-year study and have had little luck getting it.