Save The Ocean - Eat A Lionfish???

[ChefFish]

As a Chef, I'd love to see stuff like Lion fish get more popular. They are an invasive species and are going to ruin a lot of the reefs. Maybe we could cut back on things like Tuna, Lobster and Cod to name a few. And I'm sure there is something edible in crown of thorns as well. All it takes is people helping to create a demand and the markets could flourish and save some reefs at the same time. Personally I have noticed the popularity of some of the less sought after species of fish grow in the last 5 years due to the shortage of and price of the more popular ones. If we don't change the way we think we are going to ruin our oceans
That being said look for sustainable seafood symbols on all your fish purchases and buy captive breed fish and corals whenever possible.

[saltcreep]

Lionfish are great to eat. I've had them on a few occasions and like most white meat fish, it doesn't have that strong "fishy" taste to it.

The lions are a huge problem in the Caribbean. I've only been to Grand Cayman and to Belize, where there were much larger numbers of lionfish present. Every dive in Belize we took spears with us. Most times we would get a couple, but they would be smaller. The larger ones would be deeper where I wasn't going. On many occasions nurse sharks would follow us and eat the lions right off the spears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyktW-vO3kQ

This is a problem that will never be fixed. It is too widespread and it will be a matter of time to see what affects there are on the ecosystem.

[swill]

Originally Posted by saltcreep

Lionfish are great to eat. I've had them on a few occasions and like most white meat fish, it doesn't have that strong "fishy" taste to it.

The lions are a huge problem in the Caribbean. I've only been to Grand Cayman and to Belize, where there were much larger numbers of lionfish present. Every dive in Belize we took spears with us. Most times we would get a couple, but they would be smaller. The larger ones would be deeper where I wasn't going. On many occasions nurse sharks would follow us and eat the lions right off the spears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyktW-vO3kQ

This is a problem that will never be fixed. It is too widespread and it will be a matter of time to see what affects there are on the ecosystem.

Great video, I would have screamed once I saw that shark turn in my direction lol

[scubadawg]

I love diving especially if you see sharks
My first dive with sharks, was a long time ago

http://environment.nationalgeographi...-reefs/#page=1

we had sometime 50 plus sharks around us, and they were hitting my underwater strobes
I have been diving with sharks in the Galapagos Island (Hammerheads etc,)
Bahamas (shark feed), Honduras, Red Sea, Indonesia, plus some other places.
They are so cool

a few shot of a White Tip Oceanic about 10 ft long, in the Red Sea