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Between Lion fish in the Oceans, Zebra mussels in the Great lakes and Asian carp in the Mississippi we sure have screwed things up.
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Eric, you forgot Obama in the White House.
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Lionfish have reached what Biologists refer to as a threshold population. They can no more be eradicated as the Iguanas can be from Gasparilla or the Pythons from the Everglades. It’s evolution and, in time, nature will control them. Rather then waste our time trying to eliminate them I suggest we educate people on how to cook, eat, and enjoy them and how to safely remove the barbs. And perhaps devote some time to researching how we can get larger fish like grouper to eat them.
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Elimination reminds me of a word called Extinction. Lets be careful. Elimination doesn’t sound like a good option. I do however understand the desire to thin out the population. Let’s make sure we’re making the right decisions for the right reasons.
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Elimination is needed here. These fish are not native to this area and have no predators to keep their population in check. They were released due to damage from hurricane Andrew to the Miami Seaquaruim. They have breed out of control ever since. They move into reefs and wipe out all of the native fish disrupting the natural ecosystems. While they should be left alone in there natural waters, here in the Atlantic and Caribbean if they are left unchecked they will cause the extinction of natural occurring species. Reef Medics supports the protection of all native species. We do cleanups, educational seminars and dive surveys to help protect our oceans.
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