The new law (so far) only states 'Indo-Pacific lionfish' without defining species. HOWEVER, the law is only concerned about imports of lionfish. It will remain legal to possess live lionfish in aquariums. The stipulations being a more rigid non-release law (and penalties) and that new aquisitions are from Florida's local waters.
Florida BAN on Lionfish Importation begins August 1st, 2014
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Surprised it's taken this long for a ban to be put into effect and that it is not more strict.I think it should be.
About time. Shame it's too little too late. Maybe instead of importing more, they should be catching wild Florida lions for the aquarium trade.
Uhm that's exactly what the original post said the law is going to do...
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Aww man, really? I must have missed that. I'm talking about a country wide ban on importing them. Catch them in Florida waters, sell them in US fish stores. Eliminates the need to import them, and helps out our coastal waters by getting rid of a pest fish.
Agreed. Ban them from coming in and only allow florida ones to be sold. Also..... Has anyone here tried eating them? I know they are helping bring the population down in florida by getting people hooked on their "tastiness."
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Many Florida restaurants are offering lionfish on their menus. There are public interest tv spots offering safe methods of cleaning caught lionfish safely for consumption. Fishing rallys are springing up around the species with prizes for different size categories. Spearfishing is being allowed for lionfishing and for other invasives. Size-limits and catch-limits do not exist for lionfish in FL.
Yep,someone made a thread on it a few months ago.I remember when I was down in the Bahamas two years ago I saw a dead one on the beach.It looked almost as big as a basketball.