A couple of years ago, we posted about Lionfish invading the Florida Keys.
We were reminded of that as we read this post about Lionfish in Belize.
Lovely though these fish may be, it seems they are quite the peril…
Have you seen any Lionfish recently? When and where?
The Miami Herald had another good story today about yet another invasive species on the move – this time the aggressive lionfish that has been spotted in the Florida keys.
”Lionfish are eating their way through the [Atlantic] reefs like a plague of locusts,” said Mark Hixon, a coral reef ecology expert at Oregon State University. “This may well become the most devastating marine invasion in history.”
Invasive species are a growing problem on land and in the water (both saltwater and freshwater) – hopefully the lionfish population is small and can be controlled before they really being to spread throughout the area.
