Aloha Joe
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If you have to ask, then don’t kill it.
To kill or not to kill lionfish in the Caribbean and Florida?
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ZzzKing
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That video got my attention but then I don't think they're big enough to do much to a person.
Not big enough to eat a human but could decimate the reef fish population.
Steelyeyes
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Like anything else in nature the predators can't exist without prey to eat. I'm pretty sure where those worms live (Bali and the rest of Indonesia, Philippines etc) have plenty of fish even with those worms and many other predators living right among them. I've never seen a hobbit worm but I have been where they live and there are more fish there than many of the other places I've been diving. I wouldn't worry about a few predatory worms.
ZzzKing
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My point was that if they were co-opted to help deal with the Lionfish problem, they would be another introduced species with no natural predator that could prey on natives. I guess it didn’t come off that way.
Anthony Appleyard
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Do you use a spear thrusted or thrown by hand-power? Or with the spear having an elastic sling, i.e. like an elastic-powered speargun but with the user's forearm serving as the body of the speargun?
How easy is it for the cook to disarm and gut and clean the lionfish without needing an armored glove?
How easy is it for the cook to disarm and gut and clean the lionfish without needing an armored glove?
Bubbles McGee
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Ours are slings. Neritic Lionfish Eliminator. Once the venomous fins are snipped off with scissors, you can prep and eat them like any other fish. Very tasty too.
Short rubber band powered three prong spear, and contraption called a "zoo keeper" for hands free removal and storage.
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