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Old 03-30-2013, 02:16 PM
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Default Save The Ocean - Eat A Lionfish???

Anybody see this? Two guys went on the show Shark Tank to get investors who will help grow a LionFish business...spearing them and marketing the meat. They said that the Lionsfish are taking over the Atlantic Ocean and needs to be stopped. I am curious, would you eat a LionFish?

http://sharktankblog.com/lionfish-in-the-shark-tank/

http://sharktanksuccess.blogspot.ca/...-lionfish.html
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Old 03-30-2013, 02:22 PM
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Why not. We eat a lot of food that we have no idea about. Time has proven that humans have no problem bring fish to the brink of extinction. Lol

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Old 03-30-2013, 02:30 PM
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They said lions are taking over the carribbean too. Cuba said they were introduced.

I never saw any this year but two years ago I saw several.
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Yeah I saw more lions than anything else when we went diving off of the Florida Keys. I love lions but they are hitting epic proportions. I'm in for a lion loin!
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:23 PM
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When I was diving cayman brac, a couple of years ago, the dive masters carry a spear for the lion fish, they spear one and feed it to a moray eel.
When I dove cayman brac 10 years ago, there was a lot more marine life, the lion fish really changed the marine population there.
While doing a night dive in the Red Sea, actually watch a lion fish gulp a smaller fish.
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Hmmm.... Interesting!

I don't see why don't. We eat urchins, puffers... why not lionfish!? Let's save the ocean!
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Sure , why not . Id eat my dog if my wife wouldent get mad at me though , so im not the best example.
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at least they come with their own tooth picks...ok maybe bad idea
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I'd love to try and cook up some lion fish!

Lion fish are actually not native to the Atlantic. They were brought into that region either by accident or intentionally. Without a natural predator they are reaching plague proportions and wrecking the ecosystem there. You could say they are the rats of the sea in this area where they are not native. Harvesting and collecting them to extinction in the Atlantic is what scientists are hoping for :-)
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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.
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