Yes thank you and Hope you continue to get these little buggers. makes me want to come to florida and hunt these every day. These fish need to be commercialized.
I would like to personally thank you for your efforts in eradicating the Lionfish . We here in Florida who are native to the state have been over whelmed with invasive fish and reptiles which are not native to our area and are harming our environment greatly. I refer to Lionfish, Burmese Pythons, Iguanas and most recently Tegus Lizards along with many others. Thanks for the video even though it sickens me to see this many Lionfish in one area.
I just keep watching these videos about lionfish being speared and I find them so therapeutic it's unbelievable... I think I'm going to need to go on one of these regarding holidays and have a go at it
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...
was wondering. you seem to have quite the rapt audience around the bucket. Is it feasible to bring diagonal cutters and snip off the spines then let nature take its course?
I see people using those little Tuesday I get through that straight away and I'm thinking and eat something bigger. Now that you've got that makes you back it looks quite good but I think the next should be a full barrel size container :)
When it is possible,try to feed them to large Groupers,Cuddas,and Black-tips or other Sharks.....They eat them like pop-corn...!!!...But predators do not see them as fish,but more like a "floating-sea plant",I had two Cuddas once next to me,on a dive,and every time,I shot one of these suckers I fed them(kept the large ones for me)and they loved it,I felt like I had my two dogs with me.......They knew,I was feeding them/no charge...!!!!!.....Most predators do not recognize Lion-fish as food,the invasion was fast,and they do not look like fish really,so we got to teach them.......For a large Grouper or Cudda,their spikes are like tooth-picks......!!!!!!!!...And the meat for us is fantastic..........
Yeah I also think your doing a great job, but not so much with the other fish you got a few of them, sure those are tasty (lenguado) and OMG the MantaRay and the shark, great diving day. Totally jelouse.
YariNaKayo It is a native fish from half way around the globe, introduced into the Florida ecosystem, unfortunately, some think in the late 90s. It has no natural predators in this part of the world and is a voracious eater, wiping out naturally occurring bait fish on the reefs.
Every lionfish that has been wild caught in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico can be traced back to 1 of 8 original fish believed to have been set loose from an aquarium around the Miami area some time in the late 80’s. They have no natural predators and can lay up to 30,000 eggs at a time. They also have been found at depths below 1000 ft. 1 person who cared more about his “pets” than the possible damage that can be done single handedly released the poster species for invasive animals. They will never be eradicated and if they are not somehow brought under control soon they will be the only reef fish Caribbean snorkelers and divers ever get to see. The local fishing economy will be destroyed and who knows how many native fish will go extinct. People please think about the environment before doing anything that could effect it. No matter how small of an effect you think you will have.
+nuclearthreat545 You can eat the Lion Fish and unless you just landed from Mars you would know that Flounder is very tasty, but then again maybe you can just go to Mc D's and get a processed fish fillet of fried fish...
so fish can populate the area again. Divers might have to cover assign grid to effectively destroy them. Just like laying a battle map in the ground and going Alpha team your going to cover this 1000 meter grid and Bravo team right next to them is this reef . If you run into thousands of the terrorist them come up and will call for paradrop if another team for insertition .
Holy crap, they're everywhere!!! Kill 'em all!!! Great job! Those Bull sharks are no joke. Had two show up while spear fishing near the Lakeworth pier and I just gave up my goodie bag and got he hell out of Dodge. No arguing w/ those guys, I'll spear some more, later. lol
Dear good divers, I understand why you kill them all, but you need to leave a lot death behind in the water for the other animals to feed on because these lionfish also have eaten a lot of energy out of the habitats so the habitat can get back the energy the lionfish tooke...
Not enough is being done about this ecological disaster and awareness. I think all species of Lionfish automatically should not be allowed to see for aquariums.
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
Dear good divers, I understand why you kill them all, but you need to leave a lot death behind in the water for the other animals to feed on because these lionfish also have eaten a lot of energy out of the habitats so the habitat can get back the energy the lionfish tooke...
How do you know if you killed them? Did you see the one he hit like 5 times and speared 3 times? It was still swimming off despite having multiple spear points thrust through its sides. Lion fish will survive with puncture wounds unless you hit the spine and wreck their swim bladders. The safer bet is to take them to the surface, sell them in markets, and get more people interested in eating them. The best way to get rid of these fish is to create a market for them in individuals who will never strap on a scuba tank.
