Lionfish off Bonaire

[dvrliz1]

Yep, yep... I did say corkscrews (sorry all) its the corks......I guess I'm still suffering after effects of the anesthesia from August...lol....

 

[Damselfish]

darn, there goes my image of corkscrews being used as tiny little sand anchors.

 

[Adaveke]

I'm struggling to comprehend how this all works and what the marker looks like...
Nevertheless I will be bringing corks in March.
Small question: are they only looking for the natural wine/champagne corks or are they also interested in the synthetic ones? I guess not, but if they are I can probably double my donation...

 

[skynscuba]

I'll do my part with the corks by drinking a bottle per night while I am there! It seems to me that local use would quickly satisfy the requirement.

 

[ae3753]

I'm struggling to comprehend how this all works and what the marker looks like...
Nevertheless I will be bringing corks in March.

Here's a short video of the diving wife marking a lionfish with one of the corks. Actually found three lionfish during our trip.

 

[DiverVince]

Once the lionfish is marked, please contact STINAPA & give them the dive depth & the site where it was located together with explicit directions. You can e mail to the following address:
marinepark@stinapa.org

If you have a phone # where you can be reached, leave that also.

 

[Cecil]

Well Don I saw that one in early March, he was collected in mid-April. Here's a shot.

 

[Tailspin]

Saw this one at Small Wall last month in about 30 fsw. I didn't have a tag with me, and it was a bit of a drift dive so I couldn't catch up to the divemaster. He said after the dive that he would go back later and try to find it. I hope he did!

It was the first one I have ever seen, and I know they are a big-time problem, but they are an amazing looking fish to see in the wild.

 

[gert7to3]

Hmmmm, how about a baited fish hook on that cork string? Now that's the the way to mark a lionfish.

 

[ronski101]

If the Caribbean islands where diving is a major contributor to the economy really want to protect their ecosystem, why don't they just put a bounty on lion fish? It would be much cheaper and faster than what is being done now. We saw a big one the east side near the white hole last week.