Sea Save Foundation
Contributor
In Bermuda, a new robot has been unveiled that stuns and captures lionfish at depths that humans can’t dive. “Robots in Service of the Environment” was founded in 2015 to solve the lionfish problem. Lionfish are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but have been introduced to the Atlantic and Caribbean where they are decimating fish from local coral reefs. They eat all the native fish, who do not fear the invader, and they reproduce at a rapid rate. They have no natural predators in those locations. Read more