by CORAL Magazine | Jun 4, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Compete in the 2020 Lionfish Challenge Now is the time to register for the 2020 Lionfish Challenge! The Lionfish Challenge is an incentive program that rewards harvesters for their lionfish removals. With a...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 28, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
via MASNA Evaluating the risk of lionfishes in the marine aquarium trade becoming invasive species From a paper by Timothy J. Lyons, Quentin M. Tuckett, and Jeffrey E. Hill Introduction The well-developed global trade in marine ornamental species supports collectors,...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 13, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
via the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC or FWC) Apply today: FWC funding lionfish educational exhibits Public facilities that want to create exhibits about invasive lionfish are in luck. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 22, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) The plight of Caribbean coral reef fish in the face of predatory pressure of a lionfish invasion shouldn’t be new to most CORAL readers, and it serves as a constant reminder to never release any of your...
by CORAL Magazine | May 24, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission A total of 19,167 spiny, invasive predators were removed from Gulf and Atlantic waters as part of the Emerald Coast Open, which coincided with the fifth annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival at AJ’s...