Cozumel shortage of Lionfish

[tridacna]

You are of course being facetious; I get it, but lionfish are an invasive species in the Caribbean while turtles are indigenous.

FWIW, when I first started going to Cozumel, turtle was on the menu in many restaurants. It was muy delicioso.

Dave was talking about Lionfish in the Indo-Pacific. Follow the thread...

 

[ggunn]

Dave was talking about Lionfish in the Indo-Pacific. Follow the thread...

OK, Mom.

 

[ams511]

Turtles taste great too. They on the menu when you go diving?

Only when I cannot score a Manatee

 

[Prop Joe]

You need to talk to a local that hunts non-local Pez Leon... Sallye comes to mind. DM's Liang, Dario, Jorge Dzul... Plus any of the DM's that hunt should know where to find them. Look outside the park. North, Rasta's, Islote, Aldora Special Ops sites... Ask a native who sees the reefs everyday where to find the non-native fish.
Happy hunting!

 

[GameChanger]

Turtles taste great too. They on the menu when you go diving?

Turtle is on the menus in Grand Cayman.

 

[Carlos Diver]

Just got unpacked and settled. No shortage of Lionfish on our dives I am afraid. Saw three large ones on the first dive of the trip and the was about par the course for the rest of the dive week.

 

[DandyDon]

Turtle is on the menus in Grand Cayman.

Locally farmed. Cayman Turtle Centre - Wikipedia

 

[chillyinCanada]

In Grenada, there are guys that go out on their rebreathers and hunt the deep. Unfortunately, they are always successful but they do what they can.

 

[tridacna]

Locally farmed. Cayman Turtle Centre - Wikipedia

That place is disgusting. Visitors are told that they release “thousands” of turtles annually. Real number is about 75. The rest are turned into soup. Deceptive rotten “tourist trap”. One of the worst things about GC.

 

[DandyDon]

That place is disgusting. Visitors are told that they release “thousands” of turtles annually. Real number is about 75. The rest are turned into soup. Deceptive rotten “tourist trap”. One of the worst things about GC.

That may well be true. At least they are not taken from the wild.