Confirmed Lionfish off Texas Coast

[rrasco]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Footage shot by scientists with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies is the first documented video confirmation that a new non-native marine predator may pose a threat to the ecology of the waters along the Texas coast.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/26/4857736/video-first-confirmed-spotting.html#storylink=cpy




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MHwZIBuxE

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/26/4857736/video-first-confirmed-spotting.html

[hobogato]

yep. unfortunately, i figure it was just a matter of time before they made it here. well, time to go spear fishing. i hear they are really good to eat...

[rrasco]

Yeah, I heard they are not fishy at all.

[SABOB]

Tastes like chicken


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[Ram_Puppy]

might want to think twice before eating them...

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/27/12423879-eat-lionfish-sure-but-beware-of-the-nasty-toxins?lite