It has been estimated that in their first two and one-half years off Florida, they captured 65% of the natural reef. The biggest problem is that they have no known predators, other than Man.
Wow... it's just awful to see those reef areas carpeted in lionfish ... thank you & everyone who is going down to hunt them (& eat them, lol) to try to at least control their numbers :) Thanks for filming & sharing, too!
Porque siempre los peces están cerca a esas estructuras metalicas. Son trampas con comida? O que tienen, que atraen a tantos peces. Me da mucha curiosidad.
I'm heading to Islamorada in early February and want to try this. Any suggestions on where to spear lionfish in snorkel depth? Don't have scuba gear or the budget for rentals. It'll be for my own use, and I figured I'd take out as many as possible while catching some dinner. Ill be using a similar rig with the barbs bent down. Not to beat a dead horse but be careful, I've been jabbed just a tiny bit by one in the Philippines and that shit was ridiculously painful. I only got a tiny stick from one on my fishing rod haha. Ive been stung by all kinds of shit and that little stick from the lionfish was in the top 3. Slightly behind tarantula hawk lol. Thanks for sharing your footage guys :)
i wonder will they learn to run away from divers after some time? runners will survive and breed and eventually they will come back in greater numbers?
This is insane...I was in the Caribbean and dove 3 times and didn't see a single Lion Fish..... You could start a commercial fishing operation at this spot.
People have no concept of how many fish a colony of lionfish like this have devoured to reach this magnitude of infestation. There is no doubt this is a devastating plague.
This may sound like dumb question, but why don't they just poke them and leave them there? Wouldn't they be able to kill them much faster that way? I know they do research on them and also eat them, but besides those 2 reasons...
A lot of respect to see you go out of your way to avoid a 10 lb mangrove to hit a lionfish. Mangroves are pretty sizeable like that here but they wont allow you remotely close.
I cringe when the lionfish get put into the container around the 2:13 minute mark because it looks real close to getting your hand stung D: Is there any way of quickly identifying the females from the males?
+PrimalurgesMiami Im not into this , but why are there so many lol `Was actually quite surprised to see these fish not giving a damn about getting speered one after another
They spawn once a month and lay roughly 2 million eggs every time. Lionfish are piscivorous to extremes so most of those fry get eaten by other lionfish, but enough survive to create the problem you see here.
They're prolific but these have to be intelligence of a slow slug. They sit there and watch their friends be collected, one by one...and just wait for their turn.
They take them away to a factory or a restaurant. Other fish can barely feed on their dead bodies because the deadly venom is still in effect after they die. Even huge fish such as barracuda have a hard time eating them. I guess it's possible if schools of smaller fish peck at the carcasses continuously though.
... Yeah I was thinking about the lower tiers of the ecosystem and ways to regenerate that since it seems thats what the lionfish feed on. But even then theres an imbalance because a lot of dead fish would be a haven for bacteria and could also harbor virus and disease.... what a messed up situation.
The good news about the Lionfish? They are pompous and arrogant, they can be attacked and hardly ever move from their favorite spot...the bottom. If they were tough to catch, we'd be in even bigger trouble. I wonder if they tried using a vacuum, similar to the ones used to dredge, or for gold hunting.
Cheers! But it may get more efficient if you use a spear without barbs or rubber bands and transfix them quickly in line, only descarting them off the spear after catching six or more using a long knife to get sure they are died and don't loose time in store all of it , becsuse they are trash.
A. Wilson i have since started to use just the pole without using the bands and you're right - it's much more efficient! See my video of the Lionfish Safari 2016.
@@meaghanfaletti2671 What is the going price selling them to fish markets in 2024? Will they take the small ones and pay by the pound for the entire lot?
The amount of these things are insane can trapping someway be done for these invasive fish? I been seeing them teaching other predators in the water to eat them. I really think a all out approach spear fishing, trapping, and helping mother nature teach bigger fish to eat them would be best. Also maybe if the restrauntes all teamed up and agreed to raise the price of lion fish meals and promoted eating them it may get more people trying to catch them. Money is always a good motivator if the money is there catching them.....
I get why it has to be done but I'd prefer to see more of a clean kill, how do the fish die once they are put in the zoo keeper. Not against this at all I just like my killing to be as humane as possible.
Instead of bringing them back to the surface to let them die is there any way to safely and quickly dispatch them? (That is, unless you intend to eat them all).
it is gonna take every diver working hard to control these rascals - here is my contribution to the effort in Cayman - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YLAeeYwfcl4.html - feeding snapper and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_BdtOFi_mg.html - Feeding Moray
Does it not seem satisfying after you stab them to drag them across the floor and watch all of the guts spew out as you watch the fishs soul be dragged out of them
