A Nova Southeastern University (Nova) researcher has invented software that helps predict invasion patterns of non-native species including the lionfish, a predatory species that has invaded Florida's coastal waters as well as the Loxahatchee River. ...
Don DeMaria/USGS Initially all but ignored by native predators, the beautiful but venomous lionfish — an Asian native — has been spreading widely and rapidly throughout eastern US waters and the Caribbean since being introduced through the aquarium ...
The lionfish invasion has reached well inside the Loxahatchee River, an important rearing ground for many young fish. Released by humans perhaps after they outgrew their indoor salt water aquariums, the aggressive predators native to Guam have spread ...
Whatever it takes, divers are on the hunt to kill lionfish. The predators are destroying reefs by devouring tropical fish from the Caribbean up the Eastern Seaboard. "We're trying to help control the population of lionfish, because they're taking over ...
BY RUMEAL PETERS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com A year after a strident public education campaign was mounted to get Jamaicans to eat the predatory lionfish, there are concerns about whether the public is buying into it. ...
Lionfish are causing problems for native fish populations in Florida's coastal waters, such as grouper and snapper, prompting efforts to try and curb populations of the invasive species. But a new University of Florida study suggests that eradicating ...
Conservationists say the lionfish is killing bait fish from Brazil all the way to Maine. Local conservationist and dive captain Jim Abernethy said the lionfish are supposed to be in the Pacific Ocean, not the Atlantic. “The problem with the lionfish in ...
Lionfish roundups may be exercises in futility, feel-good events that do little to protect South Florida's reefs from these venomous invaders from the Indian and Pacific oceans, according to a new study from the University of Florida. ...
We first heard of The Lionfish in 2009 - and that's when the predator first appeared in Belizean waters. At the time, the hope was that the aggressive predator could be contained. But it turns out that all best efforts were futile and the Lionfish has ...
Vero Beach diver Mike Ricciardi photographed this lionfish near a reef in the Philippines. Lionfish, a predator of small reef fishes, have spread quickly in Florida waters. FORT PIERCE — Last Friday, in the warm waters of the shallow ...
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