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Honduran Divers Fight Lionfish Invasion with Community-Led Hunts
WHY IT MATTERS
The effort to control lionfish populations is crucial to protecting native reef fish and preserving the health of the reef ecosystem in Honduras.
What happened
In Tela, Honduras, a group of divers led by Mario, an engineer and founder of Tela Divers, have been experimenting with specialized spears to hunt lionfish.
They have turned their hunts into community derbies, competing to catch the biggest, smallest, and greatest number of lionfish.
Regular, community-led hunting is an effective way to keep local populations in check, but the fight is ongoing as lionfish may repopulate a site by the time the divers return.
LINKED SOURCES
Turning the tables on invasive lionfish: How Honduran divers are fighting back
Mongabay · Sam Lee · Discovery and factual synthesis only; publisher copyright terms apply · Source updated
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