Lionfish cull in the Bahamas, CBS evening news 
REEF takes charge on organizing lionfish fishing training in the Bahamas
Categories: News, Environment [home]Author: Eric Cheng ( echeng )
Related Link: To Catch a Lionfish
Anna DeLoach just wrote in with news that CBC will be airing a segment tonight on lionfish in the Bahamas. Efforts to create a lionfish fishery in the Bahamas are underway in an attempt to control the massive potential devastation that an introduced predator can have on fragile ecosystems.
"We cannot offer a natural predator for lionfish," he says, "which is a real concern. It also increases the importance that we become a predator of lionfish and that we provide that mortality to keep their population in check."
Morris says that the only long-term solution to the lionfish problem may be the creation of a formal fishery, making it possible that one day this colorful predator may be coming to a supermarket near you.
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Comment(s):http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5265536n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
is it this segement or is it a new one? I can’t fid out what time it is o
Posted by Giles Shaxted on 08/25 at 04:05 PMOh good link! We just had the two featured scientists, Lad Akin and Stephanie Green, visit us here in the Virgin Islands last week to educate us and help us prepare for the lionfish invasion. We have just seen our first lionfish here, and we are currently developing our plan to deal with them.
Posted by Marjo on 08/26 at 06:23 AMWow! One guy caught 289 lionfish in 1 day!
Posted by onewolf on 08/26 at 08:39 AMI’m glad their spearos, otherwise the impact of “us” the lionfish predator might not be such a great idea.
Posted by ce4jesus on 08/27 at 10:09 AMI wanted to kill a big one at Blue Hole in Nassau harbor in 2005 and was rebuked by the dive operator. The story did not say what the volitans tasted like or how good it was compared to say, grouper.
Posted by Scubaskeeter on 09/02 at 06:34 PMhttp://www.lionfishhunter.com/
watch the videos .. lots of information and recipes etc .. i really enjoy them and the blog updates when i remember to read them.
Posted by Giles Shaxted on 09/02 at 06:52 PM
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