No more lionfish.

[Ohioreefer7]

People are trying to pass a law to outlaw the importation of 11 species of lionfish. So people who had the P. volitans and P. miles lionfish and put them into the Caribbean where they now live can have all of the lionfish they want because they can be caught off the coast of Florida. On the other hand people who owned other species of lionfish and were responsible and did not put them into Florida waters will no longer be able to purchase the lionfish species they want like the radiata lionfish. Sounds fair. Here is the link.

http://www.news-press.com/story/new...lawson-bonita-springs-lionfish-gulf/31127273/

 

[dmh41532]

So this ban is just for Florida? I do understand, they've had to ban some species due to populations setting up.

 

[alton]

So its a ban on importation, so divers could still sell homegrown from Florida. This would intern take more out of the Florida waters, which would be a win - win.

 

[happyhourhero]

For those who dont realize how bad it really is. This is off Pensacola, which is wayyy north of the Caribbean. They are so bad they are coming up into the bays now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnAbtkMdCoI

 

[JaySchulz]

Wow happy hour. That's a lot of lion fish. How many can you fit in one of those zoo keepers

 

[Bent]

Sounds good to me. The Atlantic population is plenty big enough to supply the hobby.

 

[saf1]

For those who dont realize how bad it really is. This is off Pensacola, which is wayyy north of the Caribbean. They are so bad they are coming up into the bays now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnAbtkMdCoI

They need to change the rules and you guys should have buddied up and used nets. That whole process of fire, place in container, reload, fire - too much work and wears on the hand/wrist.

 

[Ohioreefer7]

Sounds good to me. The Atlantic population is plenty big enough to supply the hobby.

What about people who want dwarf fuzzy lionfish, fu manchu lionfish or radiata lionfish? Nobody put those lionfish into the Caribbean so once they are banned nobody can have them.

 

[saf1]

What about people who want dwarf fuzzy lionfish, fu manchu lionfish or radiata lionfish? Nobody put those lionfish into the Caribbean so once they are banned nobody can have them.

Well, what do you expect? Outside the Natural Disasters that might have let them loose there is no one else to blame for the problem other than humans. So a few irresponsible people spoil it for the rest such as yourself.

It will probably take several more years before mother nature corrects itself and finds a natural predator that will consume them. Right now only a few caught on film with a rather large grouper eating one. Outside of that the hunts like on the video will have to do. That and more efficient ways of collecting them.

That whole Hawaii'n sling method is old and slow...

 

[Tweaked]

They stretch from the Caribbean to Maine, and can be found real deep to real shallow. There are enough for every home to have one in an aquarium and the few left in the sea would just repopulate to epic proportions again. It's over, face it, humans messed this one up big time! :mad2:

 

[Ohioreefer7]

Well, what do you expect? Outside the Natural Disasters that might have let them loose there is no one else to blame for the problem other than humans. So a few irresponsible people spoil it for the rest such as yourself.

It will probably take several more years before mother nature corrects itself and finds a natural predator that will consume them. Right now only a few caught on film with a rather large grouper eating one. Outside of that the hunts like on the video will have to do. That and more efficient ways of collecting them.

That whole Hawaii'n sling method is old and slow...

How do you know that aquarium keepers are responsible for lionfish in the Caribbean? There are lionfish in the Mediterranean that came through the Suez canal. It would be likely a boat could have brought the eggs in its ballast water to the Caribbean.

 

[nuxx]

Yeah kind of a tough one here...

Not sure how I feel either way on this...

Lots of people love keeping them, and kind of seems like the damage has been done...

 

[saf1]

How do you know that aquarium keepers are responsible for lionfish in the Caribbean? There are lionfish in the Mediterranean that came through the Suez canal. It would be likely a boat could have brought the eggs in its ballast water to the Caribbean.

Sound a bit defensive here bud, just saying.

How do I know? Just a guess but the distance from Florida to the Caribbean is about 400 or so miles. No more than a guess that they came via a ballast or any other mode of natural or un-natural transportation. The fact is they are there and other places mother nature didn't intend.

No different than any other indigenous animal like some freshwater fish people are dropping in lakes or snakes such as pythons. At some point it may or may not become a bigger problem and some government will throw some money at it to try and resolve. However, money is also needed elsewhere so oceanic problems like this don't get much love.

 

[Boom]

Until the restaurant industry catches up and a gourmet chef makes a tv episode featuring awesome lionfish recipes. I can't wait to taste it!