Cozumel shortage of Lionfish

[tridacna]

I still maintain if they want to make them extinct, spread rumors that they are like eating Rhino horns.........ultimate male enhancement! Will be hunted to extinction real quick LOL!

Would not be a great idea in areas where they are endemic! In the Indo Pacific, it’s a treat to see them.

 

[ggunn]

Data point: In two recent weeks of diving Cozumel (May 1 - 15, 42 tanks) my wife and I saw a grand total of two lionfish. Both were only 2 - 4 inches long.

 

[Chidiver1]

Data point: In two recent weeks of diving Cozumel (May 1 - 15, 42 tanks) my wife and I saw a grand total of two lionfish. Both were only 2 - 4 inches long.

That sucks. I want to eat some more when I come back lol. There was a place a couple years ago with airbrushed seats with ocean scenes that served it nicely.

 

[Carlos Diver]

That sucks. I want to eat some more when I come back lol. There was a place a couple years ago with airbrushed seats with ocean scenes that served it nicely.

La Perlita

 

[Chidiver1]

La Perlita

Yeah that's it. Just got off work, too tired to remember names rn.

 

[Manatee Diver]

Would not be a great idea in areas where they are endemic! In the Indo Pacific, it’s a treat to see them.

It is only the Atlantic Lion Fish that have the male enhancement properties because eating the Atlantic reef fish that give them the properties.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Not exactly. At least in the Philippines you only see large ones. The locals tell me that Stonefish and others devour the small ones near instantly. However, once they reach certain size they can't…but that keeps them in check. We hope for a similar outcome in the Caribbean as they are pretty to look at, and damned good eating.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[Brules]

Need to import some stonefish that like to eat them then lol!

Are local fish learning they can eat them on their own yet?

 

[ggunn]

Need to import some stonefish that like to eat them then lol!

There was an old lady
Who swallowed a fly...

 

[Carlos Diver]

Not exactly. At least in the Philippines you only see large ones. The locals tell me that Stonefish and others devour the small ones near instantly. However, once they reach certain size they can't…but that keeps them in check. We hope for a similar outcome in the Caribbean as they are pretty to look at, and damned good eating.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

They were all over the reefs in Thailand. Small, medium and very large. They made no attempts to hide, like they do in Cozumel. You lose count of them on almost every dive.