Researchers worry lionfish may undo conservation efforts

Jennifer Kay Associated Press Comments Oregon State University lionfish expert Stephanie Green counts lionfish on the sunken freighter 'Bill Boyd,' as she travels aboard the submersible 'Antipodes,' in about 250 feet under the sea about three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press) Aboard the Submersible Antipodes — The invasive lionfish that crowds coral reefs and preys on native fish in the Atlantic’s shallower waters is such a problem that divers in Florida and the Caribbean are encouraged to capture and eat them whenever they can. Lionfish, which have venomous spines, are a well-documented problem in Atlantic coral reefs, where the foot-long,...