Lionfish problem SOLVED

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Well, ciguatera can appear in many fishes, including snappers & groupers, depending on the environment and variables. Fishing was once shut down around the Texas Flower Gardens because of an outbreak. I think it can be more of a problem with pollution, but we often don't know where fish were caught.
 
It can appear in other fish eating algae for a living, but I think the high toxic levels in fish are from the top of the food chain fish, those that eat other fish, probably why the lionfish is being singled out, since it's a top of the pyramid predator.

I'm sure you're aware of the way the barracuda varies greatly all over the world in regard to eating it. Some places eat it without a second thought and other places they won't touch it.
 
This solution has been discussed a bunch of times, the problem with thinking lion fish populations will be controlled by commercial harvest, is the problem that fishermen will ignore the juveniles because they aren't big enough yet.

That is not the case around roatan when it comes to lobster, conch or virtually any other fish or animal species
 
All the more reeason to leave it up to Islanders who have been raised to hunt and fish for food and money. Let them know about cleaning, have some restaurants offer "exotic" lionfish meals and pay locals per pound for the fish and the local problem will soon me resolved, Afterall, we do not se any overpopulation of Iguana, Lobster, Conch, Deer, grouper , turtles, snapper or any other critter that is a valuable food or income source. Let the locals hunt them, Promote places serving them and watch them fade
Iguana, Lobster, Conch, Deer, grouper , turtles, don't produce 10,000 eggs at a time.
 
Do lionfish produce many more eggs than grouper, lobster and conch? Also, Just producing eggs and sperm does not make an mature critter, when one looks at the survival rate of eggs to adulthood the playing field evens out quickly
 
my understanding of ciguatera was that the larger fish such as barracuda were more likely to carry it, as it's a toxin that slowly accumulates in the flesh over a number of years. i sure hope so because i've been really enjoying a lot lionfish sashimi lately, tastes a lot like hamachi, mmmmm.....
 
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​..................................Man proposes... God disposes

This painting refers to the hubris of man.

The Lionfish situation is a dose of double hubris...

Man created the mess, know he believes he shall fix it.
 
That is not the case around roatan when it comes to lobster, conch or virtually any other fish or animal species

Lobster, conch and virtually any other fish or animal species doesn't decimate fish populations as they grow from juvenile to adult, those lionfish that the fishermen will ignore because they are still too small, won't be growing to table size by eating tofu. Think about how many thousands of fish a single lion fish eats in the time it takes it to get to 8-10 inches.

In Cozumel the majority of the lionfish you will see on the dive sites when a DM spears them are small - 1-3 inches. They aren't being left and getting the chance to eat through the juvenile reef fish, but when you're talking about lionfish as table fish that's exactly what will be happening. If we live by the any dead lionfish is a good lionfish, creating a local market for them is a step in the right direction, but it isn't a resolution.
 
Arm everyone...!!
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