Are they spearfishing for lionfish?

[themermaid]

I am glad to see they are addressing this problem in Negril. We saw 8 Lion Fish on our first snorkel on the cliffs and had to choose an alternate exit point, as the ladder out was surrounded with them. I am thankful they were not there when we entered the water, as I wouldn't have known it until too late. :-{

They are such a beautiful creature, but so invasive. I understand their sting is pretty nasty as well.
I still found snorkeling the cliffs to be so enjoyable, but would love to see these guys thinned down to nothing.

[kbisiar]

Yes kim&betty a thousand years ago there may have been lionfish in the caribbean. If thats your point maybe check wikipedia's 1000 BC edition. Haha

Wolves are native to the rockies and have been reintoduced and causing all the problems people warned them about 10 years ago.They have no preditors are nearly impossible to hunt, reproduce like rabbits...pack hunt big game(big source of conservation dollors for those states) and ranchers cattle and sheep(the fed compensates the ranchers for this). Do you see a pattern here?

Assuming a billion years ago lionfish were native does not mean they are healthy addition to the ecosystem. Just one mans opinion

[Mr. Twister]

I intend on having my friends at Just Natural prepare it for me on my next trip. I'm sure Emile will come up with some way to make it mouth watering ;-)

I had info on a couple establishments in Negril that have cooked it in the past....just can't find my info as to where. I'll keep looking.

[BCBud]

Here is a video from the Jamaican Observer showing two ways of cooking lionfish. I do a lot of cooking when in JA and I wll definately be trying both of these recipes on my next reach. When I cooked lionfish previously, I basically cooked in the same way I do most fish (browned then steam with vegetables). Tastes a lot like grouper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDBmw...eature=related

If you prefer not to cook, just ask your favourite restaurant/resort to cook some for you (if they do not have lionfish available, ask them if they can get some for the next day if you make dinner reservation). The more the tourists ask for lionfish, the more it will be offered on their standard menu's!

Nyam and enjoy (while helping the environment)!

[kbisiar]

I just shot three and they were all to small to cook. Fun fun fun anyway

[kbisiar]

This might be interesting as well

http://youtu.be/Fx3tf71TdfE


I would love to upload some pics to this site, but since it was updated it's a nogo. Anyway every jamaican cook I talked to knew how to cook them.

[kbisiar]

[Markospoon]

Kbisiar, i was just wondering.

If you shoot a lionfish, does that leave a blood trail that may attract sharks?

I would love to hunt those suckers down and X them out.
But, i am afraid that sharks will smell the blood and come a running.

As you can tell, i'm not an avid spear fisherman.

[kbisiar]

No blood at all as far as I could tell. Been diving in JA(in very out of the way areas) for 7 years. Never one shark yet. I know they cought a big one a couple months ago, but still very rare...so shootem up

[Mr. Twister]

I agree. I've got over 100 dives in Jamaica and have yet to see a shark. My avatar was taken in Belize.