Have you ever encountered a lionfish while snorkeling? They look spectacularly pretty with their flamboyant fins, and even though those fins contain venomous spines, they move so slowly that they hardly pose a threat to divers. So why are conservationists as well as people from the fisheries making such a fuss about “the lionfish invasion”?…
We have been trying to catch as many Lionfish as possible. This beautiful looking fish is invasive, venomous and a delicious
In a casual conversation between dives, the idea bubbled up to build a Robotic Solution for Killing Lionfish
Imagine soaring effortlessly and silently through some of the most beautiful nature you have ever seen with incredible creatures all around you, all while the sunlight illuminates natural structures. Coming up for air you realize you’re not dreaming, rather you are freediving in the spectacular warm waters of South Florida. Many freedivers are now…
It can be quite calming to see beautiful fish swimming in an attractive aquarium just as it can diving and watching those same fish gliding across a reef. However, there is one fish now found in both places, causing great alarm and destruction – the lionfish. This ornate predator, native to the Pacific Ocean, has…
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Though it causes excruciating pain, the wound inflicted by a lionfish is seldom lethal to humans.
From our feature, Beautiful BUT Deadly Lionfish are taking over the Caribbean, Alarm bells are sounding throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean. Lionfish is an incredibly dangerous, invasive species in Caribbean waters! The beautiful yet deadly Lionfish’s native range is the Indo-Pacific. Most of the Lionfish now found in the Atlantic and Caribbean were proven, through DNA…
Approximately 27 percent of mature lionfish will have to be removed monthly for one year to reduce its population growth rate to zero. So we say… Dig in! Lionfish… It’s what’s for dinner.
Divers from the U.S. and the Bahamas will unite to battle the Lionfish invasion of the reefs in Abaco, Bahamas on June 16. While beautiful to behold, voracious lionfish are devastating the Bahamian reefs
Alarm bells are sounding throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean. Lionfish is an incredibly dangerous, invasive species in Caribbean waters!