TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 2023 Lionfish Challenge has ended, shattering previous competition records, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Thursday. The eighth edition ...

An adult lionfish can grow as large as 18 inches, while juveniles may be as small as 1 inch or less. An adult weighs about 2.5 pounds. The lionfish’s head and body are brightly striped with brown and ...

Legal Gear: hook and line, spear, hand-held nets and any otherwise legal harvest gear. A recreational fishing license is not required for recreational fishers targeting lionfish while using a pole ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a living tapestry beneath the waves. This underwater world is particularly ...

Lionfish are one of the most pernicious invasive species swimming in today’s oceans. And now, they’ve made it as far south as Brazil on their continuing and destructive territorial expansion. Lionfish ...