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Invasive lionfish ‘destroying’ native fish populations off Northeast Florida coast
Read full article: Invasive lionfish ‘destroying’ native fish populations off Northeast Florida coastTwo local divers have organized a tournament on Saturday for divers to hunt invasive lionfish off Northeast Florida's coast.
Testing traps to control lovely but destructive lionfish
Read full article: Testing traps to control lovely but destructive lionfishLionfish, lured by a sheet of plastic lattice, swim near a trap offshore near Destin, Fla., on July 6, 2018. One is a lobster trap with an entry too skinny for legal lobsters. One Florida fisher is setting out the modified lobster traps, and scientists with the institute hope to recruit up to five more. Gittings, science director for NOAAs National Marine Sanctuary Program, said he got the idea years ago after watching video about lionfish and lobster traps. I noticed there were some lionfish inside the traps but a lot more outside the traps, hovering around, he said.