These sea salps are tiny jelly-like creatures (but they are not jellyfish) that glom together to make a bigger mass. They are a nuisance to commercial salmon fishermen when the fishing lines pass through areas where the sea salps are floating.

Some years, warmer southern currents come farther north and the salps float along with the currents into colder waters where they are not usually common.

When they coat the gear, the fish can’t find the lures (and the hooks), so the salps have to be cleaned off the gear constantly or no salmon will be caught.

They are harmless otherwise. Unlike some jellyfish they don’t have any sting when they are touched.

J is for “just a jellyfish lookalike.”