'Delicious' invader: More fishing, higher consumption might help reverse lionfish invasion

Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 20:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately 27 percent of mature lionfish will have to be removed monthly for one year to reduce its population growth rate to zero.

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