/tags/lionfish lionfish en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-09-09/beautiful-but-highly-destructive-on-the-hunt-to-kill-elusive-invasive-lionfish-on-floridas-reef The beautiful fish threaten Florida's reef ecosystems so dangerously that the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has organized contests to reward divers who kill and remove them. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-09-09/beautiful-but-highly-destructive-on-the-hunt-to-kill-elusive-invasive-lionfish-on-floridas-reef Lee Ann Anderson /2018-08-31/labor-day-is-last-day-to-participate-in-lionfish-challenge Labor Day is the last day to participate in the Lionfish Challenge. Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:00:00 GMT /2018-08-31/labor-day-is-last-day-to-participate-in-lionfish-challenge Sascha Cordner /environment/2016-03-18/new-bill-aims-to-filet-lionfish For more than a decade, lionfish have been a problem in Atlantic waters — especially South Florida, where the invasive exotics eat native fish, including… Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:19:42 GMT /environment/2016-03-18/new-bill-aims-to-filet-lionfish Nancy Klingener /environment/2015-06-22/state-may-add-lionfish-bounty-to-lobster-mini-season The invasion of lionfish throughout Florida waters is a challenge to native Florida wildlife and to the ecosystems where they live. The state has… Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:49:34 GMT /environment/2015-06-22/state-may-add-lionfish-bounty-to-lobster-mini-season Nancy Klingener /keys-blog/2014-09-02/why-lionfish-are-targeted-underwater-and-online If they weren't such a pest you could almost pity the lionfish.The creature, after all, is simply doing what it is biologically programmed to do: eat and… Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:18:56 GMT /keys-blog/2014-09-02/why-lionfish-are-targeted-underwater-and-online Nancy Klingener /news/2014-08-27/why-the-lionfish-really-is-the-terminator Central Casting could call on Arnold Schwarzenegger should there ever be a movie made titled "The Lionfish."That's how efficient a predator the invasive… Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:48:17 GMT /news/2014-08-27/why-the-lionfish-really-is-the-terminator /news/2014-04-16/floridas-lionfish-may-need-to-rehearse-their-final-words The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is trying to eradicate an invasive species: the lionfish, which swims the South Florida seas.It's is… Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:19:43 GMT /news/2014-04-16/floridas-lionfish-may-need-to-rehearse-their-final-words /news/2013-07-01/why-invasive-lionfish-are-so-hard-to-eradicate-from-south-florida-waters A team of scientists from around the country recently spent two days off the coast of South Florida to investigate the explosion of lionfish.What they… Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:13:00 GMT /news/2013-07-01/why-invasive-lionfish-are-so-hard-to-eradicate-from-south-florida-waters /culture/2013-05-08/eating-invasive-species-comes-with-a-side-of-caution Editor's note: In the hunt for what to do about the various mix of invasive species found in Florida, we are running a series that not only describes the… Wed, 08 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT /culture/2013-05-08/eating-invasive-species-comes-with-a-side-of-caution /npr-breaking-news/2013-04-17/lionfish-attacking-atlantic-ocean-like-a-living-oil-spill Scientists say they have few weapons to wield against the poison-spined lionfish, which is gobbling up reef fish in the Bahamas and other habitats. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:56:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2013-04-17/lionfish-attacking-atlantic-ocean-like-a-living-oil-spill Elizabeth Shogren