Compete in the 2020 Lionfish Challenge
Another summer season is here, and the FWC encourages Florida anglers and commercial fishermen to remove invasive lionfish from the state’s waters. The Lionfish Challenge is an incentive program that rewards harvesters for their lionfish removals.
Florida’s FWC Offering Funds for Lionfish Education Exhibits
Public facilities in the state of Florida can apply for funding from the FWC of up to $2499 to offset costs associated with the creation or improvement of lionfish educational exhibits.
VIDEO: Lionfish: From Harvest to the Table
FWC video promotes licensed spearfishing of invasive lionfish to divers as a way to offset diving costs and encourages popular consumption of the delicious but problematic predator.
FWC’s 2019 Lionfish Challenge Begins with Record Removals
Over 19,000 lionfish removed as part of Lionfish Removal & Awareness at the Emerald Coast Open lionfish tournament: an update from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
FWC Announces Winners of 2018 Lionfish Challenge
A total of 28,260 lionfish were removed from Florida waters as part of this year’s challenge.
Matt Pedersen says:
Some addtional updates: Bocas Mariculture reports the successful cultivation of Serranus flaviventris, which didn't make it onto the list, and two accomplishments initially attributed to Bocas were in fact reported by Till Deuss from earlier when he was working with Biota Palau, so these have been attributed to the Biota Group with date information.Matt Pedersen says:
It's been brought to my attention that we overlooked the first breeding of Corythoichthys conspicillatus by Pholium Mariculture in the UK, which occurred in 2022. And thus, the first addition to the next list is already known!CORAL Magazine’s Captive-Bred Marine Fish Species List for says:
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