This week’s all new National Parks Traveler podcast features my interview with Alex Fogg, Marine Resource Coordinator at Okaloosa County, FL. We discuss his history of diving, the lionfish invasion, and how these voracious fish affect our national parks. Listen to the entire podcast here: https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/03/national-parks-traveler-episode-4-lionfish-invasion
Tag: Lionfish
National Parks Traveler – Battling Lionfish at Biscayne Bay
Lionfish. Impossibly beautiful, incredibly invasive. Arriving on Florida’s shores in the 20th century, the initial lionfish population invasion probably resulted from an accidental or intentional release from a hobbyist fish tank. Since then, their numbers have exploded, stretching across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Reef species, lionfish cruise these aquatic habitats for prey, both outcompeting…
Voices for Biodiversity – The Specter of Lionfish
The sun shone down on me as I set up my booth at the Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day in Pensacola, Florida. Though I was there to talk about the Emerald Coast’s artificial reef and Gulf to Table program, the day definitely revolved around the invasive species that has taken the Florida coast by storm….
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