Answer for Invasive Species: Put It on a Plate and Eat It 
By Elisabeth Rosenthal US Source: nytimes 7/9/2011
Elisabeth Rosenthal
With its dark red and black stripes, spotted fins and long venomous black spikes, the lionfish seems better suited for horror films than consumption. But lionfish fritters and filets may be on American tables soon.

An invasive species, the lionfish is devastating reef fish populations along the Florida coast and into the Caribbean. Now, an increasing number of environmentalists, consumer groups and scientists are seriously testing a novel solution to control it and other aquatic invasive species — one that would also takes pressure off depleted ocean fish stocks: they want Americans to step up to their plates and start eating invasive critters in large numbers.
 

“Humans are the most ubiquitous predators on earth,” said Philip Kramer, director of the Caribbean program for the Nature Conservancy. “Instead of eating something like shark fin soup, why not eat a species that is causing harm, and with your meal make a positive contribution?”

 
Mississippi River Red lionfish Carp, Silver Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
2801Thousands of dead fish washing up along shores of Chesapeake Bay after fishing company reports torn netwtkr2022-07-02US
2802Florida woman kills fish by pouring hot sauce in tank during a fight, deputies sayFOX 35 News2022-07-07US
2803Fisherman caught with fish bombing paraphernalia in Sempornathestar2022-07-08US
2804Engineers try to electro shock invasive carpabc17news2022-07-08US
2805Study: Half of Great Lakes residents unaware of safe fish consumption limitswoodtv2022-07-05US
2806В жару за карпомОхотники.ру2022-07-23RU
2807Meet Australia’s oldest freshwater fish, which can breathe air like a land dwellersmh2022-07-07AU
2808Texas angler becomes first female high school fishing national championwashingtonpost2022-07-06US
2809Ringleader, 35, of illegal poaching operation who stole £60,000 worth of salmon and trout over seven years avoids jailMailonline2022-07-09UK
2810Climate Change May Be Causing Skin Tumors On Antarctic Fishnewsweek2022-07-04US
2811Changes in Gulf of Maine may endanger lucrative fish stocks, experts sayupi2022-07-08US
2812Кто живет в тихой речкеОхотники.ру2022-07-21RU
2813Герасим и два Му-муОхотники.ру2022-07-22RU
2814Капитана из Новосибирской области будут судить на Камчатке за незаконный вылов 50 тыс. тонн рыбыРыболовство.2022-07-21RU
2815Reduced to a Trickle, River Managers Brace for More DryingAssociated Press2022-07-21US
2816Virginia man catches 66-pound blue catfish, breaks state recordFox News2022-07-20US
2817rare 400-pound spotted eagle ray jumps into boat, gives birthFox News2022-07-19US
2818Marine life activists sound off ahead of shark fishing tournamentwptv2022-07-08US
2819Go fish: Danish scientists work on fungi-based seafood substitutetheguardian2022-06-24UK
2820Man 'definitely hooked' on bowfishing after getting state record fish on Lake Taneycomonews-leader2022-06-25US
282188-year-old gives young angler the fly-fishing rod he made as a teenCBC News2022-06-25CA
2822Sea dragons’ genes give clues to their distinctive looksuoregon2022-06-27US
2823Certain to 'stir stuff up': Snakeheads arriveThe Herald-Mail2022-06-27US
2824Щучьи бревнаОхотники.ру2022-07-19RU
2825Rare black fish with ‘mouth full of teeth’ found in Florida.sacbee2022-06-23US

220 221 222 112 of [223 - pages.]