We’ve known for a while that invasive lionfish species are threatening to disturb the ecological balance of coral reefs across the Tropical Western Atlantic, but what we might not yet understand, according to one researcher, is how they will affect commercial fisheries. “I’ve [...]
Thats right folks the infamous Caribbean species has made its way all the down the coast to Brazilian waters. A single lionfish was speared off the coast and a team of researchers including scientists from the California Academy of Sciences confirmed species analysis through DNA testing. A massive [...]
Researchers from NOAA and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington have found that the increasing temperatures of our ocean waters may increase the range and dispersal of invasive species like the Lionfish. “The results will allow us to better understand how the fish communities might shift [...]
What can it mean that after a complete absence of lionfish around Long Island, New York, for the last three years, they have suddenly reappeared? …probably nothing. While the Indo-Pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans has continued to spread throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean, and [...]