Indictment in Lionfish Invasion

[Jonnyola87]

Just finished a week diving with Conch Republic in the Keys and one of the captains mentioned there had been an indictment in the case of the lionfish invasion. Seems it was actually someone heavily involved in the industry. Allegedly the study can trace the DNA back to the earliest specimens seen in the Keys/Caribbean. Interesting early article anyway. Will be curious to see if anything comes of this.

Marathon Restauranteur Indicted for Environmental Violations

In a recent article sponsored by the Monroe County tourist development council, John Mirabella, owner of the off-the-beaten-path Castaways Waterfront Restaurant & Sushi Bar in Marathon, is referred to as the “Lionfish King” of the Florida Keys. But after a Monroe County grand jury reviewed the...

keysweekly.com

 

[MidOH]

Lets see the evidence first.

Im the first guy to assume that all fish shops are corrupt in some way, but this is a stretch, even for me.

Our justice system lacks the ability to come to conclusions like this. It reads like an episode of "Bone's".

 

[tomfcrist]

Ummm, it’s an April fools article. It’s outlandishly false by design.

 

[BoltSnap]

This thread should be moved to the humor and jokes forum.

 

[MidOH]

Lol. Got me.

Damn thats a pretty harsh april fools.

 

[Jonnyola87]

I’m seeing the no sense now. Surprising, a bunch of people in the area were quite convinced and excited. Guess we’ll keep spearing and cooking.

 

[tomfcrist]

Surprising, a bunch of people in the area were quite convinced and excited

I don’t find it surprising, but I lived there for a few years…folks down there are a bit out of touch with reality quite often.

 

[evandroairton]

They crossed the amazon sediment basin, recently i've saw one on Natal (Brazil) and they are often apearing on the Ceará state coast

 

[WeRtheOcean]

Ummm, it’s an April fools article. It’s outlandishly false by design.

Hilarious final touch that they put contact information for reservations at that same restaurant.

But given that it is Florida, where it's hard to tell real life from a Carl Hiaasen novel, the April Fool aspect was not immediately obvious.