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This is a post that I have been toying with starting for a while now, and just finally got around to it.
In case you were unaware.......
And are just back from Mars....
Or just learned to read....
We are overrun with the LION FISH Bastages down here.
Elsewhere also.....
This being said, I still kill and will continue to kill all of the LION FISH I can find larger than 3" or so.
But the little guys are still in some demand in the fish stores.
I have been helping some collector friends capture small (1" to 3") LION FISH for the past few months down here in sunny SoFla.
They trade the LION FISH in and get anywhere from $5 to $10 in store credit.
Last year it was twice that amount, but the price has fallen precipitiously from $15-$20 mark in 2009 to for some strange reason....(Duhhhh).
The positives:
We all wish SOMEBODY would get 'em all outta' the sea. NOW HAPPENING.
We all wish SOMEBODY would put a bounty on 'em. DONE! (for now...)
We all wish they would stop capturing them in the Pacific, and most everything else they import here that wrecks their ocean and its inhabitants. (Unless you are a poor Indonesian or Filipino with a bleach bottle and a net)
I have been told that as we now have an inexhaustible supply of LION FISH, they really are no longer bringing them in from the Pacific into North and South America.
I am unsure about Europe.
In Africa I think they just eat them.
The negatives...you tell me....
My undestanding is that aquari-ists (is that a word) would much rather buy local LION FISH anyway are the fish are healthier, live longer, and do not have the foreign bugs that can wipe out their tanks.
Some will say KILL 'EM ALL!
Some will say, do not introduce them into the tanks as they will grow and grow and then the fish keepers will toss them into the sea when they get too big.
My response to that is so what. Trust me when I tell you 30,000 additional tank raised LION FISH tossed into the sea are not going to amount to much at this point.
So I can go on and on, but I want to hear what you might think and why.
My current opinion is that catching the little ones and killing the big ones, is a good choice.
BTW.....
Last week I went out with some pals.
We killed 10+ biguns' on the first dive and caught 7 littluns'.
We popped up and between tanks called the fish store.
The guy said, "Bring me no more than 10 LION FISH, and they need to be 1" to 2.5" in length.
So we had 7, we did another tank and caught 3 more.
After getting the 3 more into the tupperware while submerged, we just just smashed the little ones while it was in the net thereafter.
We did it short, and with respect.
They are a magnificent creature, and they are in the wrong place.
We killed 17-20 between the three of us.
So...what are your thoughts on capturing LION FISH?
BTW....in case you feel the need to show your butt :debby: and cannot bring yourself to keep a civil tongue in your head on this discussion, please just turn the page and check back in a few weeks.
otherwise I will ask Cave Diver to change your name to
"Idiotwithanopinionandbadmanners" or Likesanimalporn" or something else equally disturbing.
I would like to see an honest pros and cons discussion on selling some Lion Fish.
Chug
Has a new dive buddy in his son and is way way happy!
In case you were unaware.......
And are just back from Mars....
Or just learned to read....
We are overrun with the LION FISH Bastages down here.
Elsewhere also.....
This being said, I still kill and will continue to kill all of the LION FISH I can find larger than 3" or so.
But the little guys are still in some demand in the fish stores.
I have been helping some collector friends capture small (1" to 3") LION FISH for the past few months down here in sunny SoFla.
They trade the LION FISH in and get anywhere from $5 to $10 in store credit.
Last year it was twice that amount, but the price has fallen precipitiously from $15-$20 mark in 2009 to for some strange reason....(Duhhhh).
The positives:
We all wish SOMEBODY would get 'em all outta' the sea. NOW HAPPENING.
We all wish SOMEBODY would put a bounty on 'em. DONE! (for now...)
We all wish they would stop capturing them in the Pacific, and most everything else they import here that wrecks their ocean and its inhabitants. (Unless you are a poor Indonesian or Filipino with a bleach bottle and a net)
I have been told that as we now have an inexhaustible supply of LION FISH, they really are no longer bringing them in from the Pacific into North and South America.
I am unsure about Europe.
In Africa I think they just eat them.
The negatives...you tell me....
My undestanding is that aquari-ists (is that a word) would much rather buy local LION FISH anyway are the fish are healthier, live longer, and do not have the foreign bugs that can wipe out their tanks.
Some will say KILL 'EM ALL!
Some will say, do not introduce them into the tanks as they will grow and grow and then the fish keepers will toss them into the sea when they get too big.
My response to that is so what. Trust me when I tell you 30,000 additional tank raised LION FISH tossed into the sea are not going to amount to much at this point.
So I can go on and on, but I want to hear what you might think and why.
My current opinion is that catching the little ones and killing the big ones, is a good choice.
BTW.....
Last week I went out with some pals.
We killed 10+ biguns' on the first dive and caught 7 littluns'.
We popped up and between tanks called the fish store.
The guy said, "Bring me no more than 10 LION FISH, and they need to be 1" to 2.5" in length.
So we had 7, we did another tank and caught 3 more.
After getting the 3 more into the tupperware while submerged, we just just smashed the little ones while it was in the net thereafter.
We did it short, and with respect.
They are a magnificent creature, and they are in the wrong place.
We killed 17-20 between the three of us.
So...what are your thoughts on capturing LION FISH?
BTW....in case you feel the need to show your butt :debby: and cannot bring yourself to keep a civil tongue in your head on this discussion, please just turn the page and check back in a few weeks.
otherwise I will ask Cave Diver to change your name to
"Idiotwithanopinionandbadmanners" or Likesanimalporn" or something else equally disturbing.
I would like to see an honest pros and cons discussion on selling some Lion Fish.
Chug
Has a new dive buddy in his son and is way way happy!