Can Mediterranean Menus Help Spike the Lionfish Invasion?
A month earlier, the two divers had scoured this exact seabed, spearfishing a single species until the craggy floor was nearly bare.
Now, they cut the engine and wriggled into their wetsuits. Two empty coolers waited on deck. They suspected the same fish had returned in force.
"Let's see," said Matteo Cavessi, and he slipped into the water.
As the Mediterranean sets warming records, scientists point to a spiky marine intruder - the lionfish - as the warning siren. The fish, native to the tropics of Southeast Asia...
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