Lionfish are Now Eating Other Lionfish Which May Help Control Efforts
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press-Register] By Dennis Pillion - July 27, 2015
Efforts to control the invasive and highly destructive lionfish in Florida and Gulf of Mexico may be getting a boost … from other lionfish.
According to a report in National Geographic, several lionfish caught recently in the Florida Keys have had other lionfish in their stomachs, potentially making them one of the only things in the Gulf that will eat lionfish.
It is believed the first lionfish introduced into the Caribbean Sea were released from home aquariums, and now lionfish have been found around the entirety of Florida, into Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and up the East Coast.
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