The beautiful but venomous Lionfish is an unwanted species in the Caribbean. It was accidently introduced to these waters from Florida in the 1980's and has severely upset the existing marine ecosystem with it's rapid breeding and predation on juvenile fish species. If you see them whilst diving you are meant to report or kill the fish with a short spear. We decided it was a bit dangerous for us to try and spear them so just took photos instead with the intention of reporting their location to the dive shop. The dive shop gives free air fills to people who go out and spear them!
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