Sentences with phrase «many lionfish»

«It's more about a passion to do something you want to do... and two years ago the idea was to start a lionfish distribution business from scratch and that's what we did.»

He paid a handful of divers about $ 5 for each fish they caught and launched his distribution company, Norman's Lionfish.

When other seafood restaurants began asking where he was sourcing his lionfish, he knew he was.

«They're willing to do this because of the mission — because of what we all want to do here,» he says of the trucking company, adding that all seafood stands to benefit if controlling the lionfish scourge succeeds.

And while the business is profitable and sold roughly $ 100,000 worth of lionfish in the past year, Chadwick is quick to clarify that making money is not what they set out to do with the company.

The fish he was used to seeing swim around the reef had dwindled and given way to lionfish, newcomers capable of eating 30 times their resting stomach volume, according to Lad Akins, Reef Environmental Education Foundation director of special projects.

Considering that each fish has to be caught by hand, it might be surprising that lionfish retails for a reasonable price.

However, Chadwick's proudest bit of proof that lionfish is catching on is evident in his distribution company's largest customer: Whole Foods.

While in the Bahamas, Chadwick sampled what had increasingly become a common Caribbean meal, pan-fried lionfish.

Once the venomous spines are cooked or removed, they become a non-issue, and it turns out lionfish are as tasty as any other white fish.

So they developed a unique solution: eat the lionfish.

But having grown tired of carting lionfish in coolers through customs, Chadwick and his business partner, Charlie Gliwa, started recruiting local divers in Florida.

Yet somehow that hasn't stopped entrepreneur and restaurateur Ryan Chadwick, who is on a mission to bring lionfish, a venomous and invasive species wreaking havoc in the Atlantic ocean, to dinner plates across the country.

The move allowed Norman's to offer lionfish at a price that's in line with most popular seafood.

Lionfish outlive, out - eat and out - breed all other marine species, which affects the health of the ocean.

Jose Andres» menu highlights sustainable Bahamian fishing practices and includes a signature dish of simply prepared, fried local lionfish — a species that while delicious, has been severely damaging to the coral reefs of The Bahamas.

Lionfish University is made up of a group of divers dedicated to the preservation of the ocean's reefs and native fish populations, which are threatened by the Lionfish invasion in the Caribbean.

The group will have a booth at Vegas Food Expo to educate attendees on the invasive species and the popularization of consuming Lionfish.

He heads out with a family to hunt and cook iguanas, competes in a fishing derby to tackle the lionfish invasion, and learns the art of Cuban cooking and cigar making from a master.

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And the Indonesian mimic octopus fools predators by impersonating poisonous soles and venomous lionfish, sea snakes, and possibly jellyfish and sea anemones.

In 2010 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched its «Eat Lionfish» campaign to combat the species's invasion of the Caribbean.

Even Whole Foods has gotten onboard; in 2016 the upscale grocer added lionfish to the shelves and started promoting it as «an invasive species» in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, «far from its native waters.»

On reefs where lionfish were kept below threshold densities, native prey fish increased by 50 - 70 percent.

And there's a simple way to know for sure whether a lionfish is toxic: test it after it's been cooked.

«We already know lionfish produce bioactive compounds — just ask anyone who has ever been stung,» she said.

With venomous spines, no natural predators in the Atlantic Ocean, and aggressive behavior, the lionfish have been shown to eat almost anything smaller than they are — fish, shrimp, crabs and octopus.

«It's a never - ending battle as we'll never fully eradicate lionfish from our waters,» Johnston said.

What hasn't been shown is their potential abundance and the related effect high lionfish numbers may have on the «economically important» reef fishes.

Pacific lionfish were first reported off the coast of Florida in the 1980s, and have been gaining swiftly in number ever since.

OSU has been one of the early leaders in the study of the lionfish invasion.

That ship has, in fact, attracted a great deal of marine life, and now, a great number of lionfish.

«It shows that by creating safe havens, small pockets of reef where lionfish numbers are kept low, we can help native species recover.

Governments, industry and conservation groups across this region are already trying to cull lionfish from their waters, and encourage their use as a food fish.

Scientists have learned that recent fears of invasive lionfish causing fish poisoning may be unfounded.

The latest research used ecological modeling to determine what percentage of lionfish would have to be removed at a given location to allow for native fish recovery.

When attacking another fish, a lionfish uses its large, fan - like fins to herd smaller fish into a corner and then swallow them in a rapid strike.

«Lionfish express venom - like proteins throughout their bodies,» she said.

«Invasive lionfish likely safe to eat after all: Easy test before you eat.»

It may take a legion of scuba divers armed with nets and spears, but a new study confirms for the first time that controlling lionfish populations in the western Atlantic Ocean can pave the way for a recovery of native fish.

According to the study, the west Florida shelf and the entire offshore Texas coast could be on the verge of seeing dramatically high densities of lionfish, based on ocean conditions (water flow, etc.,) which help spread the invasive species and concentrate them to new areas.

«If left unchecked, there is the real potential that lionfish will have a negative impact on the fishing industry.

Lead author Christie Wilcox of the University of Hawaii thinks there may be a different reason that so many lionfish are coming up positive on ciguatoxin tests: venom proteins might act as ciguatoxin mimics.

«A lionfish will eat almost any fish smaller than it is,» Green said.

Marine reserves, which often allow «no take» of any marine life in an effort to recover fish populations, may need to be the focus of lionfish removal.

«No one is debating that lionfish could be ciguatoxic,» says Wilcox.

An OSU study in 2008 showed that lionfish in the Atlantic have been known to reduce native fish populations by up to 80 percent.

Johnston said that the west Florida Shelf is a high - production fishery, especially for red grouper, and that projection model shows the grouper in areas that are expected to have high lionfish populations in the future.

«The first, easy step is to cook or boil lionfish samples prior to ciguatoxin testing.

That's good, researchers say, because the rapid spread of lionfish in the Atlantic makes eradication virtually impossible.