Maybe we should send the collectors after them. It would get rid of some of them, and bring the price down for us.
Lionfish patrolling Caribbean waters
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In what way sould you say that that the Nile perch was much worse. At the current moment, the effects of the Nile Perch are much higher, because this has been happening for quite a while. This lionfish issues seems to have just popped up here recently. I would thisnk that it could be much more detrimental in the long run if it is not contained.
The authorities of the invaded areas may have to deal with the problem the way the Australians protect their reefs,they have a team of divers to patrol the Great Barrier Reef and hunt and kill the crown of thorns starfish which can do major damage to the reef by eating the corals if they are not taken out.
I read somewhere a while back that in parts of Lake Victoria the perch had just about run out of food and that they were cannibalizing each other,so if their numbers drop low enough some of those fish that were decimated could be reintroduced to the lake.The perch were introduced in the first place so the local people would have a nutritious foodsource but didnt really work out because the locals didnt like the taste of the perch.
I was looking at it from the fact that the perch is a much larger fish that is in one area with no other fish as predators that I can think of..
No doubt the lionfish can and will, and apparently is deicimating alot.. but Nile Perch get 5-6 feet so it can take down many more and much larger species per fish.. All just my opinion though.
No doubt the lionfish can and will, and apparently is deicimating alot.. but Nile Perch get 5-6 feet so it can take down many more and much larger species per fish.. All just my opinion though.
Wow very interesting read...we are having more and more invaders everywhere...like the Snakeheads invading US waters now and Nile Perch in Lake Victoria and now we have a Lionfish eating away more of the native fish species in the open saltwater regions...wonder whats next
cichlaguapote;2078420; said:
I don't want to sound argumentative, I definitely see your side. I know there is a definite size difference, but if you look at the amount of area a loinfish could cover as oopsed to the perch being limited to lakes, its a lot more. But a great point.
We also have two species of common plecos invading our marshlands and rivers here in the Philippines. What makes this worse is the fact the plecos are consuming the fish eggs thus the supply of tilapia and catfish are being dwindled.
ewurm;2078063; said:
No there are many other fish you can see down in FL that aren't supposed to be there. Yellow tangs, Emperor Angles, and many others. You just hear of lionfish because of how well they have adapted.
