an interesting little video.....

[Bifferwine]

That's actually a common problem with not only the lionfish, but lots of other fish in saltwater aquaria. People often dump their unwanted animals back into the ocean, without thinking of their native habitats and natural range. Some fish that's only found in Australia or the Philippines ends up off the coast of Florida, where it has no natural predators or anything to keep its population in check. It's too bad. Invasive species is the #2 reason for species to go extinct on this planet (habitat loss by humans is #1). The invasive species will drive many native species in the area to extinction. Just like the #1 reason, most invasive species are introduced by humans.

[dustin_P74]

biff this wasnt due to humans dumping them back in the ocean, it was caused by hurrican andrew destroying homes that contained lionfish and then they washed into the ocean

[Bifferwine]

I know they mentioned that in the video, but a lot of lionfish ARE dumped by humans. They say that most of them can be traced back to the hurricane, but a lot of them are released intentionally by people who get sick of having them as pets.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

JBreef did you not see the empty bags full of lionfish

An empty bag full of something? That doesn't even make sense!

[dustin_P74]

i didnt even notice that

[Piggy]

That's how our waterways ended up with the frankenfish. Someone released two in a local pond. Some people are so stupid.

[daugherty]

in yellowstone lake some one introduced lake trout to it and now they can not get rid of them and they are killing the cutthrout and other native fish in the lake they say the numbers are in the thousands of them

[yote]

There was a thing on National Geographic about somebody somebody catching a snakehead out of a lake in Michigan.
Like I said before,humans are the ther worst thing to ever be on this planet.

[RyanG]

Lakes Erie and Ontario are overrun by snakeheads the DEC but a bounty on them I think. They just caught a rare angelfish in the long island sound, every summer a group does a tropical fish round up for flushed and released aquarium fish. Its a huge project. Ill post a link if I can find one.

[Bifferwine]

That sounds like a really cool crew to be a part of, Ryan. I wonder if they re-sell the captured fish?