Comments on: Eat Fish, Save Our Ocean? Lionfish as Sustainable Seafood

By: AndruIvor

AndruIvor — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:21:37 +0000

‘SAVE THE LIONFISH!!! The desire to kill off an entire species of fish, for the benefit of the tourism diving industry, is simply brutal and cruel. This is just as bad as the Japanese killing dolphins in Taiji.

Comment by Joey — November 23, 2010 @ 9:36 am ‘

How about the 50 species this one fish will ‘kill-off’? Why not save the many or at lest give the ’50′ a fighting chance

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:36:46 +0000

SAVE THE LIONFISH!!! The desire to kill off an entire species of fish, for the benefit of the tourism diving industry, is simply brutal and cruel. This is just as bad as the Japanese killing dolphins in Taiji.

By: Where is Steve? - Reef-Geeks

Where is Steve? - Reef-Geeks — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:53:26 +0000

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The Mimic Octopus | Surprising Science — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:20:25 +0000

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By: A Taste of Jellyfish | Food & Think

A Taste of Jellyfish | Food & Think — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:22:02 +0000

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By: Tom Snyder

Tom Snyder — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:32:47 +0000

While fishing (commercial or noncommercial) may rid the local reefs of lionfish it should be noted they can live hundreds of feet down, and even if we eradicate them to 50 or 60 feet, animals will move back up on the shallow reefs.
We are currently eradicating and supplying local restaurants in Costa Rica with lionfish. We catch between 20-40 a week, enough to supply local restaurants.
As for the comment by Toby, eating less animal protein will in fact do nothing to solve or even make an impact, whether you are vegetarian, vegan or not, pushing your agenda on a problem like this will do nothing but further the damage.
Netting of lionfish was never, nor have I ever seen as an option in all papers I have read.
While locally we are having an impact on lionfish, funds are tight, and volunteers are needed.

By: toby

toby — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:18:10 +0000

While the intent is admirable, the practicality of harvesting lionfish at any commercial level, would most likely prove devastating to the other species and coals that they live among. Commercial fishing nets and hooks are not picky as to what they catch, and nets and coals are a very bad combination. Eat less animal protein if you really want to have an impact, and that’s coming from a Midwestern omnivore.