lion fish off the east coast

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lion fish off the east coast

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did anyone else read about the lion fish that are being spotted all up and down the east coast? They believe that some traveled alog the gulf stream. The researchers first thought they would not be able to reproduce here but, apparently they are thriving. I a week of diving they spotted 75 lions. Some of them were egg bearing females. I wonder how long until they are in the gulf?
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there was a pretty good thread about this on Reef Central. I will try to find and post it
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i heard about this about 2 months ago from the guy at Water World. He told me that people had been diving and collecting them to sell to stores. He said that there were hundreds of them.
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danielmiller82 wrote:i heard about this about 2 months ago from the guy at Water World. He told me that people had been diving and collecting them to sell to stores. He said that there were hundreds of them.
Are you talking about East coast or Gulf coast?
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east coast..was off of N. Carolina
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The editorial in the new FAMA magazine said something abouth them along with emperor angelfish, yellow tangs, a moorish idol and a few others that were found off the southern coast of Florida (Broward and Palm Beach counties and some in the Keys).
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moorish idols? WOW..From what I have heard...they arent very hardy. I wonder how they acclimated to the ocean there?
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If I remember right there was only one Moorish Idol sighted. There were more than one of all the rest and they believe that they were all released from aquariums along the southeast coast of Florida.
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That is too wild.. thanks for sharing this info.
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lets all go for a trip there and catch us a few hundred of them ...It will stop them from taking over... PLUS we can make a bunch of money selling them to the aquarium market!
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in the article i read the researchers said they had planned on eradicating all the lion fish but have found too many to do so. it's a shame that scientists would want to destroy such a beautiful fish just for the fact that they are a foreign species.
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i think they want to eradicate it because it will kill off native species. Not just the fact that they are foreign.
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Yes exotic species can destroy the ecosystem. I see lots of stuff about this having worked with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and now the Fish and Wildlife Service. Basically exotics can destroy a link in the food chain which in turn has a ripple effect on all the other species.
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Like I said...lets go catch them all and sell them to the hobby trade!!!
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