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Monday, March 22, 2010

Lionfish

From this article,the sighting of lionfish in atiantic waters were ten years ago.But today,scientists have reported finding more than 400 lionfish per hectare.they have been spotted as far north as massachusetts and as south as mexico and panama.their population increased rapidly due to 'Hurricanes Andrew' which may have smashed one private aquarium thus lionfish into Biscayne Bay and eat and reproduce.Another reason lionfish were released by owners after founding out large appetite.They can colonised rapidly as they do not seem to have any local predators,due to their lionfish stings.To control the population,eat it.They are safe for consumption after removing the needle-like spines.And after cooking,the fish is flaky,almost sweet,like grouper.

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  1. From this article,the sighting of lionfish in atiantic waters were ten years ago.But today,scientists have reported finding more than 400 lionfish per hectare.they have been spotted as far north as massachusetts and as south as mexico and panama.their population increased rapidly due to 'Hurricanes Andrew' which may have smashed one private aquarium thus lionfish into Biscayne Bay and eat and reproduce.Another reason lionfish were released by owners after founding out large appetite.They can colonised rapidly as they do not seem to have any local predators,due to their lionfish stings.To control the population,eat it.They are safe for consumption after removing the needle-like spines.And after cooking,the fish is flaky,almost sweet,like grouper.

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