Lionfish invading east coast...

[sssnake]

Interesting article....

Invader hits East Coast, Caribbean fish - World environment - MSNBC.com

[sssnake]

Kind of makes you think twice about releasing livestock into just any ocean/sea.

[rmelvin23]

In the article the release was not deliberate. Livestock from a home aquarium are exposed to many dieseases that should not be released back into a poplulation that may not deal with that particular parisite/illness. Invasive species are a big problem in Florida.

[pharmrjohn]

Yeah....we are going to be snorkling in the Caribbean next spring. I will bring an underwater camera and upload pics to the site from the boat. I will have to educate my kids on the dangers of lionfish......getting stung would certainly ruin a few days.

[Hemiscrub]

back in feb or march i was in san salvador,bahamas (where christopher coloumbus first landed)for a while. i did 5 dives(would have ended up doing 12 but got the flu). on every dive i saw at least 3 or 4 lions. not small ones, good size ones. my uncle was the head diver there and carried a hawain sling on every dive. he got atleast 2 or 3 per a dive.