2000 pounds of lionfish in 2013

So this year we were approached to sell our lionfish(legally and permitted)midway thru the season.We were skeptical of harvesting and handling them on a commercial basis.We have been stung quite a few times but have developed methods to help cut downon stings while allowing us to pursue them and other species.

We harvested in NC,SC and GA and hope to expand to Fl.We try to concentate on larger specimens and averaged 1.7 pounds per fish.Our fish are served locally and due to our locale are almost 100% certain to be ciguaterra free due to none being this far north.

We hope to get a full year on them next year and at least in a few areas curtail their expansion,stay tuned.

That's a lot of lionfish, good job!

If this catches on lionfish will be on the endangered species list within 20 years! We know we can out fish nature's ability to restock!

Not a chance of getting them endangered even if we tried.They are fully established and documented out to 500'.I dove several spots with several hundred to a thousand each this summer and almost no dive did not have at least one.They don't respond to hook and line fishing and even traps are inneffective,not that traps could ever be selective enough.

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Not a chance of getting them endangered even if we tried.They are fully established and documented out to 500'.I dove several spots with several hundred to a thousand each this summer and almost no dive did not have at least one.They don't respond to hook and line fishing and even traps are inneffective,not that traps could ever be selective enough.

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Never say never and never say always. Only takes one thing, the prospect of making money. Someone or some people will find a way to harvest them to the point of extinction! Time will tell. I remember when Jacques Cousteau stated, man could never deplete the bounty of the sea. It was the hope of mankind with a growing population. Or some such nonsense. Anyway enough money was to be made and he was proved wrong.

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Not a chance of getting them endangered even if we tried.

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Spread the word in Japan that lionfish meat is a powerful aphrodisiac... they'll be endangered within 3-5yrs.

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