POOR LIONFISH! WTF!!!

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They are becoming an evasive species and ruining species in the reef. They are one of my favorite fish and they are awesome. But its the same as hunting deer and pheasants. You have to keep then under control or there will be no stopping them.
 
Subrwho2;4746741; said:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101229/sc_nm/us_usa_florida_lionfish

just saw this


AND I HOPE EVERYONE THAT GOES TO GRAB ONE GETS STUNG!
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"Fishermen and divers realize it's a danger to our native marine life, through its predation. But there really aren't government funds to provide bounties or removal programs. So creating a demand for the fish, a market for the fish, is in effect a de facto bounty," he [Lad Akins, director of special projects for Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)] told Reuters.
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They're an invasive species in the Atlantic and Caribbean; they need to be eliminated before they throw nature out of balance more than they already have. If it takes people collecting them for food in order to eliminate them, then the more power to them.
 
PETA members not welcome...unless you define PETA as People Eatting Tasty Animals...whos hungry?
 
lol i know i just posted because i didnt know about this and thought it was pretty crazy
 
If the numbers on them get too low then they will probably call a stop to it. Like deer seasons only so many you can fish.
 
fishy12;4746798; said:
If the numbers on them get too low then they will probably call a stop to it. Like deer seasons only so many you can fish.
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i don't think so. they are not native so it is untill they are all gone. like carp, no limits, no season and how ever you can get them. be it net, hook/line, or shooting them with a harpoon/bow. just get them out.
 
Well I hope lionfish don't get hunted out cause it would suck prices on them would go up even more...
 
fishy12;4746824; said:
Well I hope lionfish don't get hunted out cause it would suck prices on them would go up even more...
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ya or it will just go the route of the snakeheads. can't have them since they can live here and harm our systems. gotta love the government.
 
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