Dan Rather Reports: Lion fish gone wild!

[cwolfus]

Anyone else see the recent report on the explosive invasion of lionfish in the Caribbean and Atlantic Seaboard? Apparently it is so bad the US gov't is trying to encourage restaurant owners to start serving them so we can decimate that population with consumer demand!

 

[GreshamH]

WE MUST DOMINATE THAT WHICH IS DOMINATING

 

[cwolfus]

WE MUST EAT THAT WHICH IS DOMINATING

Fixed

 

[GreshamH]

yes yes... good fix

 

[anathema]

Too bad it's such a solitary species, it would be hard to catch in numbers.

 

[cwolfus]

Yes, unfortunately there are no traps for them and since they don't school the current catch is entirely spear fished!

... The good news is that they apparently taste like chicken!

 

[GreshamH]

They are aggregating in larger amounts in some areas though...

 

[anathema]

Still, a live bait eating, solitary ambush predator is a tough commercial prospect.

Might be possible if they school to breed.

 

[hiepatitis]

how did the crisis start?

 

[BigMac]

By fish being turned loose or escaping

 

[yardartist]

They swam through the Panama Canal.

 

[Sfork]

WE MUST EAT THAT WHICH IS DOMINATING

Fixed

lol reminds me of:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674/its-coming-right-for-us

 

[anathema]

They swam through the Panama Canal.

No, they hitched a ride in the landing gear of commercial aircraft!

 

[Coral reefer]

I thought bearsharktopus threw them as weapons and is responsible for their migration?

 

[seminolecpa]

Yes, unfortunately there are no traps for them and since they don't school the current catch is entirely spear fished!

... The good news is that they apparently taste like chicken!

If they tasted like bacon, you might be on to something. Tony would go to town on recipies.

 

[nudibranch]

I thought bearsharktopus threw them as weapons and is responsible for their migration?

I blame it on Godzilla

 

[nudibranch]

I think I know a club that wouldn't mind a few free fish.

 

[anathema]

Free starts to lose it's attractiveness when it's on the other side of the country and you have to catch it yourself.