Date: 7/28/21

To: Office of the CEO

From: Department of Research and Development
Subject: Jellyfish population control

This report is a follow-up on the request to investigate solutions regarding the population control of the
Jellyfish in key locations on the North Carolina coast. The original inquiry from your office was for us to
research a specific form of population control in order to quell the out-of-control jellyfish. However, we
have determined that there might be more than one solution available. After careful examination and
weeks of research, we present our findings.

Test Objectives
Originally our department was tasked with researching a particular solution to the overwhelming jellyfish
population, a robot that could be deployed the lure and suck up jellyfish in a specific area to remove them.
However, we thought it necessary for you to have all available information so further research was
conducted to provide a secondary course of action. The details of these potential actions for population
control are provided to you below.

Solutions
First Solution
As requested, we Researched into the use of virtually intelligent robots to reduce the Jellyfish population.
These machines would patrol certain key areas along the coast and simply use vacuums so such up and
obliterate large swarms of jellyfish. While it may seem a little farfetched at first, this solution is very
possible with modern technology. As we know, Jellyfish swarms can cause mass disruption to both
economic and industrial interests. Commercial fishing is threated, reducing the food supply for millions
of people, and power plants that rely on water cooling come grinding to a halt when these swarms get into
their cooling tunnels. The machine we have tested is able to destroy nearly two thousand pounds of
jellyfish an hour. With how dense these swarms of jellyfish are, they can be eliminated within a couple
days, keeping their prey safe, and keeping the jellyfish out of the way of human industry. I would not be
doing my job, however, if I did not inform you to the fact that this would be a large upfront cost, should
we pursue it. While the operational and maintenance expense would be next to nothing, developing this
machine for ourselves, or supporting another company in doing so we be costly.

Second Solution
The second solution is based on a quite simple idea. To reduce the population of Jellyfish, we could
simple introduce more of their natural predators to the environment. The three largest predators to the
jellyfish are the Ocean Sunfish, the tuna, and the various species of ear turtles. The sea turtles are nothing
something we can use however as their population is already dwindling. Tuna and sunfish on the other
hand, are something that we can release into areas with increasing jellyfish populations to eat them. This
solution is rather cheap but requires constant management to ensure that the fish we introduce not only do
as they’re needed but do so without become yet another rampant population. The biggest downside to this
approach would be there are too many variables to accurately represent the potential outcome on other
marine life. It is possible that, if this approach is taken, we end up causing more harm than good.
Considering that we are a marine conservation group, we find it better to save the most species we can.
Introducing more predators to the area would provide a quick solution but a long-term issue.

Recommendations
With both possibilities on the table, I believe that it is the foundations best interest to pursue the option,
which is not only cost effect, but provides the biggest gain for other marine life. It is our recommendation
that the Virtual Intelligence machines be developed and deployed to key locations. There are several key
reasons we should take this path.

 This is the most cost-effective option.

 This would allow us to monitor the situation and pivot quickly if needed.
 This would provide the safest way to protect human commercial and industrial locations.
 The robots could be deployed quickly with minimal effort.

Summary
To summarize, I think it would be best for our company to pursue the development of the jellyfish
population control robot. This would provide the best chance we have at limiting the growing jellyfish
population before it gets out of control. This solution would be cost effective, easy to deploy, easy to
monitor, and the safest for other marine life. I hope this report helps you in making a decision. I believe
our company has the ability and the responsibility to help in any way we can.