I killed a Lionfish under Deerfield Pier

[Jax]

And your point is? What do you have against OLD people & REEF people-just asking coz I'm both.

Hiya, D2!

The history of the lionfish is that when it showed up in the Bahamas, everyone went, "oh, cute" and thought nothing of it. It multiplied exponentially, and had decimated many reef's populations of aquarium and game fish.

The Floridians are advocating and urging the immediate kill of lionfish so that the population doesn't boom as it has in other places. Most people think that REEF is too slow in recognizing the extreme impact of this voracious and prolific preditor. The "take note and report" attitude allows many offspring to be borne.

Please check out the "spreading" map below.

TCPalm, Divers: Look out for Lionfish April 9, 2010
Divers: Look out for lionfish TCPalm.com

Clark, Cammy. Invasion of venomous lionfish menaces the Keys. The Miami Herald. 08 Feb 10
Invasion of venomous lionfish menaces the Keys - Sun Sentinel

Aquatic Invasions (2010), Vol 5, Iss 2 Non-native, invasive Red lionfish 29 Jan 2010
http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2010/AI_2010_5_2_Aguilar-Perera_Tuz-Sulub_correctedproof.pdf

Smithsonian article on "Invasion of the Lionfish" May 8 2009
Invasion of the Lionfish | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

CBS News "To Catch a Lionfish" Aug 25 2009
To Catch a Lionfish - Couric & Co. - CBS News

Lionfish Population Has Scientists Worried. AP. 03 Aug 2008. 3:03
YouTube - Lionfish Population Has Scientists Worried

How to prepare Lionfish (video)
Lionfish Hunters assure us that lionfish tastes just like chicken

Florida Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Red Lionfish

Times Online "Lionfish devastate Florida's native shoals" Oct 20 2008
Lionfish devastate Florida's native shoals - Times Online

USGS Fact Sheet: "Pterois volitans / miles . . . lionfish" Sep 2009+
NAS - Species FactSheet

Animated Historical distribution map

 

[DebbyDiver]

Thank you, Jax! D2, I hope that Jax' explanation answered your question. :blinking: And you sincerely are welcome to ask about them in the LIONFISH thread. We've discussed the REEF stance at great length in there, and we are very eager to educate divers about the problems that complacency is causing.

 

[ScubaBrett22]

Hiya, D2!

The history of the lionfish is that when it showed up in the Bahamas, everyone went, "oh, cute" and thought nothing of it. It multiplied exponentially, and had decimated many reef's populations of aquarium and game fish.

The Floridians are advocating and urging the immediate kill of lionfish so that the population doesn't boom as it has in other places. Most people think that REEF is too slow in recognizing the extreme impact of this voracious and prolific preditor. The "take note and report" attitude allows many offspring to be borne.

Please check out the "spreading" map below.

TCPalm, Divers: Look out for Lionfish April 9, 2010
Divers: Look out for lionfish TCPalm.com

Clark, Cammy. Invasion of venomous lionfish menaces the Keys. The Miami Herald. 08 Feb 10
Invasion of venomous lionfish menaces the Keys - Sun Sentinel

Aquatic Invasions (2010), Vol 5, Iss 2 Non-native, invasive Red lionfish 29 Jan 2010
http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2010/AI_2010_5_2_Aguilar-Perera_Tuz-Sulub_correctedproof.pdf

Smithsonian article on "Invasion of the Lionfish" May 8 2009
Invasion of the Lionfish | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

CBS News "To Catch a Lionfish" Aug 25 2009
To Catch a Lionfish - Couric & Co. - CBS News

Lionfish Population Has Scientists Worried. AP. 03 Aug 2008. 3:03
YouTube - Lionfish Population Has Scientists Worried

How to prepare Lionfish (video)
Lionfish Hunters assure us that lionfish tastes just like chicken

Florida Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Red Lionfish

Times Online "Lionfish devastate Florida's native shoals" Oct 20 2008
Lionfish devastate Florida's native shoals - Times Online

USGS Fact Sheet: "Pterois volitans / miles . . . lionfish" Sep 2009+
NAS - Species FactSheet

Animated Historical distribution map

the map like shocked me i did not know they were that far up north :shocked2:

 

[DebbyDiver]

In the LIONFISH thread, we recently discussed that they have been seen as far north as New York.

 

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[mboyd03]

Yes, one of my closest friends is a marine biologist and I asked him about this, it is absolutely, 100% untrue.

It's good to know I can keep killing these things. I am seeing them more and more. Killed one at Ftl. caves couple weeks ago. Saw one on the Mercedes wreck when i went back the next week it was gone. Hope someone killed it and it did not just leave.

 

[DebbyDiver]

mboyd, THANK YOU for helping eradicate the problem!