VIDEO: “Lionfish Airplane” Demonstrates Invasive Power of Lionfish
20 Nov, 2014
The story of the invasive lionfish in the Atlantic is old news. Still, if you didn’t know what a truly invasive species really looks like in the environment, if you don’t understand the out-of-control impact an invasive lionfish can have, Alex Fogg’s video from a lionfish derby of the coast of Pensacola, FL, sums it up very well.
I hope you cheered with every successful kill; Fogg ends his video noting that they removed 200 Lionfish from just this one location (all fish going to research or turned into food at local restaurants). Let this video serve as yet another reminder to never release your pet fish into the wild.
“This is why we can’t have nice things!”
Video Credit: Alex Fogg
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November 24, 2014
I have a problem with the remark that says (to get to this page and video) “See exactly why you should never release your pets into the wild!” If the lionfish found in the Caribbean now were “pets”, then they would have invaded many years ago as unknowing aquarium owners have been releasing these fish as well as others for many, many years but we did not see them spreading until the later 90’s. The invasion most likely got started when “in 1992, Hurricane Andrew destroyed an aquarium in Florida. Lionfish from the aquarium were set free in the Atlantic Ocean”. They were released as a group and therefore it makes sense that this is where the lionfish invasions got it’s start and not from “pets” released singly here and there where finding each other would be almost impossible. The python invasion in the Everglades is from pets but this one it would not make sense.