[Coral-List] Lionfish matters
andrea anton
andreantongamazo at yahoo.es
Thu Jan 27 13:44:39 EST 2011
Dear coral listers,
From my field experience working with lionfish, I would say cannibalism is
pretty unlikely to happen. I have had multiple lionfish of different sizes in
large fish cages and never saw lionfish attacking each other. In fact, they
seem to like to hang around in groups in the reef.
The ciguatera news are bad but not surprising. However, other large predatory
fish carry ciguatera too and that did not stop us from fishing them. Look at
the recommendations by NOAA on this matter:
http://nolionfish.com/2011/01/lionfish-and-ciguatera-the-facts-have-changed-2/
Finally, although I love the idea of calling them the “stripped grouper” to
encourage people to eat them, they taste so good that people that have tried
them seem to love them (even knowing they are lionfish). See the response of
Bahamians after eating lionfish for the first time (outreach video we have made
in the Bahamas to encourage people to catch them and eat them!):
http://www.conchsaladtv.com/lionfish-invasion-part-3/
(Lionfish Invasion, part 3 ~minute 11).
Best regards
Andrea Anton
Graduate Student
Coker Hall
University of North Carolina
27599-3280 Chapel Hill NC
________________________________
De: MelissaE Keyes <melissae.keyes at yahoo.com>
Para: coral coral <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Enviado: jue,27 enero, 2011 09:35
Asunto: [Coral-List] Lionfish on the menu
Hello, Listers,
Not to drag on forever this Lionfish discussion, but they are an apex preditor,
and have the ability to carry the ciguatera poison. I read recently that of ten
fish tested, six were 'infested' with ciguatera. So much for them being a human
food source. :(
"Cheers",
Melissa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix,
U.S.Virgin Islands
_______________________________________________
Coral-List mailing list
Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
More information about the Coral-List
mailing list