Invasive Species, Lionfish
1992 • Bahamas
"Lionfish arrived in the South Atlantic in 1985, most likely released by private aquarium owners, and have caused native fish populations there to decline by up to 80 percent. In the Bahamas between 2008 and 2010 they reduced biomass of 42 other fishes by an average of 65 percent...The invasion may be 'one of the greatest threats of this century to warm temperate and tropical Atlantic reefs and associated habitats,' wrote National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist James A. Morris, Jr., in Invasive Lionfish: A Guide to Control and Management."
"As Lionfish Invade the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Conservationists Say Eat Up," Melissa Gaskill, scientificamerican.com, Dec. 11, 2013.
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