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Re: Lion fish
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07/04/2011 10:25 AM
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bukovsrp said: Just got back from a week in the Caymans, stayed at a villa about a mile from Rum Point. We were shocked how many lion fish we saw. There were 6 on the reef at Old Mans Bay. Just wondered if anyone is trying to capture/kill these voracious eaters who have no natural predators. No one seemed interested while we were there. Yes, the Caymanians are well aware of their presence. A friend of ours who has a house on Cayman Brac has some sort of "license" granted by the government to kill as many as he can, so I assume there are many others who live there who are doing the same <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Lion fish
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07/07/2011 04:45 PM
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Yes - in fact dive shops are hosting Lion Fish roundups, then cooking the little buggers for a tasty picnic after. Restaurants are buying LF to put on the daily menu and at least one grocer is selling them. I've heard, through the grapevine, some divers just dispatch them with a knife when encountered, then feed the remains to the resident fish. The hope is eventually the LF will be recognized as food to the indigenous fish population. Also heard on one of the ABC's that Grouper have been seen taking whole live LF...
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Re: Lion fish
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07/09/2011 12:04 AM
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from all I have read... they are EXCELLENT eating! Have not had the pleasure personally... yet!
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Re: Lion fish
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07/19/2011 09:39 PM
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Was at Ivory Kai today and there was one of those damn things in an abandoned pipe, not 200 yards off shore.
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Re: Lion fish
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07/20/2011 11:04 PM
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I did let them know, yesterday. I was diving with Red Sail today and one of the dive masters (licensed to do so) speared two of them on our dive and planned to take them home to make escovitch with them. He was pretty cool about the whole thing and actually asked all the divers' permission before he even went into the water to do so.
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