COCOA BEACH -- The state of Florida has declared war on lionfish — a pernicious invader from the Indo-Pacific — and is recruiting troops both domestic and foreign to join the fight. That was the tone of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Lionfish Summit held Tuesday through Thursday — a meeting of about 100 divers, resources managers, scientists and conservationists eagerly forming battle plans to attack the enemy. “This is really a war,” said RJ de Pedro Muñoz, operations director of (Lionfish Project) in Puerto Rico. “We need to know what is our enemy doing. Where are the troops?” By...
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