{"id":1216,"date":"2011-05-19T10:26:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bvblog.wpengine.com\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:23:29","slug":"lionfish-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/lionfish-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionfish Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Garry Phillips, Expedition and Dive Manager, Sarteneja, Belize. Belize fisheries department are in the process of publishing a book of recipes for lionfish.<\/p>\n<p>The lionfish cookbook will feature a number of different ways in which the lionfish can be cooked. \u00a0It will also give details on lionfish biology a background of the fish and its invasion, ecology and impact it has on the local reef system here in Belize.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1217\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/2011\/05\/19\/lionfish-please\/img_3489\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1217\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1217 lazyload\" title=\"IMG_3489\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/IMG_3489-385x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"288\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 385px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 385\/288;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field Scientist and Volunteers carry out research for cookbook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lionfish is an invasive species in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Belize fisheries, dive operators and various other NGOs including Blue Ventures regularly dive to cull and monitor the invasion. \u00a0After the last cull fisheries department arrived at Blue Ventures field camp with over 100 lionfish, taking measurements and recording stomach contents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1218\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/2011\/05\/19\/lionfish-please\/lionfish_5-640x426\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1218\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1218\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1218 lazyload\" title=\"lionfish_5 (640x426)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/lionfish_5-640x426-385x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"256\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 385px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 385\/256;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionfish &#8211; an invasive species in Belize<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1219\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/2011\/05\/19\/lionfish-please\/d\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1219\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1219 lazyload\" title=\"D\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/PICT0161-640x480-385x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"288\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 385px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 385\/288;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A huge number of lionfish culled<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lionfish have few predators and its population has been growing fast, eating large quantities of indigenous fish in these seas. Dissections have shown their stomach contents to include juvenile wrasse and parrot fish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1220\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/2011\/05\/19\/lionfish-please\/d-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1220\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1220 lazyload\" title=\"D\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/PICT0165-640x480-385x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"288\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 385px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 385\/288;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dissecting the lionfish<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Competitions have been held for the largest lionfish, most lionfish caught and the fish with the most other fish in its stomach! Restaurants are now promoting the fish as food; many people say it tastes like snapper. Many countries are encouraging consumption of lionfish to create demand and incentive for lionfish removals.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are visiting the Caribbean soon, give the conch a miss and ask for lionfish please.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Garry Phillips, Expedition and Dive Manager, Sarteneja, Belize. Belize fisheries department are in the process of publishing a book of recipes for lionfish. 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