Lionfish found 300 feet down in (purposely) sunken ship

[AZBigJohn]

I hope it's okay to post a link to an outside news site, but I thought this was an interesting find. Huge Lionfish found 300 feet down...

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/07/15/lionfish-found-at-sunken-ship-300-feet-below-water-surface-wreaking-havoc/

 

[shifty51008]

I saw that earlier and laughed, they say huge because they saw 1 fish that was only 1" bigger than their normal size and they were still only guessing on that size

 

[billsreef]

They've been reported that deep for years, and I've heard reports of as deep as 800'.

 

[dixiedog]

If they really are concerned about the lionfish problem, and want to help, these articles need to focus a little more on how delicious this fish is, and totally safe to eat, instead of just hand-wringing. The only such mention in this article is "Prepared correctly, lionfish are said to make a tasty meal, but one pr*ck from the fish's venomous spine can cause excruciating pain".

In other words, "Maybe it tastes good and maybe it doesn't, but it's really dangerous so you better not try it."

 

[Geraud]

Lionfish and scorpionfish are actually fairly common as food in the South of France.

Just make sure you do not use their fins as toothpicks.