Wow, pretty interesting.  Thanks for the link, Bobarino.

The first thing I thought of was a possible new version of the red tide.  If the temperature of the water has increased, then it could be possible.  In fact, MonsterQuest had a show on the explosion of giant jellyfish near Japan.  They also believe that their over-abundance may be due to warmer water.

If you see any updates, please pass them along. 

Bobarino,

Thanks for the follow up.  I think what hit me after reading this article was her analogy.  "It's sort of like a swimming pool that hasn't been cleaned in a while."  Even though it's not uncommon, it really makes you realize that with all this pollution, the world is truly not doing a good enough job to monitor itself.  The ocean is sick and yet the world sits back, eats it's bounty and then can't figure out why they become ill.  Air pollution is killing us yet people still pollute.  The fact we do virtually nothing because it's a PC world is unacceptable.  The world needs to wake up and realize we are truly killing ourselves and everything around us or soon there will be nothing left of this planet.