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lion fish off the east coast
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:16 pm
by DannieH42
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?
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:37 pm
by wtrhed
there was a pretty good thread about this on Reef Central. I will try to find and post it
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:44 pm
by danielmiller82
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:47 pm
by KrazyPlace
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?
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:56 pm
by danielmiller82
east coast..was off of N. Carolina
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:29 pm
by Scott
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).
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:52 pm
by danielmiller82
moorish idols? WOW..From what I have heard...they arent very hardy. I wonder how they acclimated to the ocean there?
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:23 pm
by Scott
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:23 pm
by wtrhed
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:43 pm
by Brandon
That is too wild.. thanks for sharing this info.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:52 pm
by danielmiller82
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!
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:22 am
by cnovak
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:40 am
by danielmiller82
i think they want to eradicate it because it will kill off native species. Not just the fact that they are foreign.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:26 pm
by Fishfood
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:12 pm
by danielmiller82
Like I said...lets go catch them all and sell them to the hobby trade!!!