The Invasive, Venomous Lionfish Is Killing Atlantic Reefs (HBO)

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KEY LARGO, Florida - What do you do with an invasive fish, covered from head to fin with venomous spines as sharp as hypodermic needles; a fish that can’t be caught with a rod or in a trawling net as it multiplies rapidly, deep in our oceans, flummoxing fishermen and scientists alike?
Conservationists are hoping you eat it.
The Indo-Pacific native lionfish arrived in the Atlantic about a decade ago, the product of well-meaning aquarium owners who released their charges into the ocean, not realizing they reproduce at an alarming rate, prey on more than 70 species of fish and hasten the dying-off of any coral reef they alight on. Scientists describe their invasion into Florida’s waters in the same words noted Key West fisherman Ernest Hemingway used to describe the onset of bankruptcy: slowly, and then all at once. Now estimated to number as many as 1,000 fish per acre, lionfish also have no known predators - except humans.
“They grow very quickly, so they can reach sexual maturity in less than a year. They eat a tremendous amount, and our native marine life don't see them as a threat,” said Lad Akins, a lionfish expert who recently retired from his job as director of special projects at the conservationist organization REEF.
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@aquaticborealis4877 5 жыл бұрын

Lion fish actually taste good. It's a fishing industry that you can actually feel.good about.

@joshuabrown4858 5 жыл бұрын

I bet you like black guys

@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q 5 жыл бұрын

@@joshuabrown4858 That's the weirdest response I've seen in 13 years

@648949414 5 жыл бұрын

Taste good but lots bones and little filet.

@lotujnr2873 3 жыл бұрын

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q must be a animal activist 😪

@parkchimmin7913 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuabrown4858 ??

@expertexcavatinginc 5 жыл бұрын

As a resident of Cleveland, I hope we find a way to control invasive fish. The fish industry for pets and for food is out of control. It's in the water so people don't worry about it as much as if it were dogs and cats. It's a major problem. Thanks for an actual informative piece Vice.

@MrDavidBFoster 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe stop flushing them down the toilet.

@expertexcavatinginc 5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDavidBFoster most lionfish are too big to flush. The video specifically mentions dumping them into bodies of water, which is how a lot if invasive species in the Great Lakes are introduced.

@MrDavidBFoster 5 жыл бұрын

@@expertexcavatinginc In fish tanks they only get a couple inches long, if that. And lion fish won't live in the great lakes, so there's that. I was just sayin'... Pet owners are the #1 source of invasive species in the US.

@expertexcavatinginc 5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDavidBFoster 2:10 "...they grow very big... then people dump them into the ocean..." I see idiots on the great lakes in home dumping fish into the water because they think it's a good home for them once they can't take care of them. So yeah we are agree on at least one point pet owners can be irresponsible either way...

@MrDavidBFoster 5 жыл бұрын

@@expertexcavatinginc Suffice it to say, they didn't hitch a ride on a cargo ship. Earth worms, on the other hand.. :-)

@alfbeef5880 5 жыл бұрын

Here in the Gulf we are actually teaching nurse sharks and bull sharks to eat these guy's they've been working on hammerheads and tiger sharks also as soon as shark see these easy prey as food lionfish will no longer be a problem..

@hustle_simmons 3 жыл бұрын

And they sharks don't get poisoned?

@alfbeef5880 3 жыл бұрын

@@hustle_simmons they are showing them how to attack them from underneath

@sophiaum2315 3 жыл бұрын

@@hustle_simmons they're also immune to the poison. in lionfishes' natural habitats in the pacific, they're regularly preyed upon by sharks, and the ones in the atlantic are no different. sharks have pretty tough stomachs thankfull.

@bradleyblake7588 2 жыл бұрын

How do you train a shark exactly? Are they just feeding them lionfish so they see them as a good source of food?

@shaiqbutt7871 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching a video where they explained how a single genetically modified mosquito can make all of it's population infertile and go extinct. Maybe same can be done to the lion fish

@POOPGOD999 3 жыл бұрын

Guess they havent modified that mosquito yet huh, fuckers are still everywhere

@itsjustme167 2 жыл бұрын

@@POOPGOD999lol... fantastic point!!!

@802yotaguy5 Жыл бұрын

Why haven't they done this yet I just got bit by a mosquito

@mikevalentine8369 Жыл бұрын

@@802yotaguy5 lol

@mikevalentine8369 Жыл бұрын

I have to research your comment but ... it makes so much damn sense. I was coming up with something similar as a solution in my head while watching. Something that they only eat or theyre vulnerable to. Even get them back as pets. Make law to kill them and not dump them if you Ni longer want them

@G_Zero127 5 жыл бұрын

i saw a guy hunting them with a glock few years ago.

@Michael-bq2vb 3 жыл бұрын

wow thats pretty dope! But was that necessary? lol. My dad used to have a lionfish but his friend cooked it for us

@bryantenjhay65 3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael-bq2vb Nope just for the cool points

@CrazymarioO-cf9yf 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5epgJWotK2ydWw.html is this it?

@magnusthered4973 3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael-bq2vb it is they tend to be in groups and normally they are hard to get

@Chikenese 3 жыл бұрын

1 tap ,ezzzz😎😎😎

@JD-lq9nc 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm lion fish sounds like the humans of the sea🤔

@luisdaniel7027 3 жыл бұрын

💯

@aalokdhonju5809 3 жыл бұрын

Indians of the sea

@BARCH-wp5vl 3 жыл бұрын

True

@POOPGOD999 3 жыл бұрын

Humans are the humans of the sea, were the reason these guys are everywhere

@qwerasdliop2810 3 жыл бұрын

@@aalokdhonju5809 if u weren't indian I'd be a bit annoyed

@Chase_77 5 жыл бұрын

Ever time I see a lionfish it reminds me of Deuce Bigalow male gigolo

@bryanl.morrison552 4 жыл бұрын

DEZ CAUGHT THE BALL

@mnizammasood 5 жыл бұрын

Whenever I watch the television and this fish features, I always think ' wow theyre so beautiful. I want to have one.' And I went far to label it (in my opinion) as the most beautiful fish I ever see. Today I just learnt that it is a very invasive species. Something new to learn daily. And I just know it is full of sharp needles.

@markymark6918 3 жыл бұрын

Those reproduction numbers seem frightening.

@herman7880 Жыл бұрын

It seems like a good thing because it's a species of fish that we can exterminate and fish and hunt and eat without being a menace to the coral reef, but rather an aid.

@ExploreTheWorld703 2 жыл бұрын

This honestly looks like a great way to spend a day.

@boxertest 5 жыл бұрын

Dear fellow North, Central, Caribbean and South Americans , Lets eat these LIONFISH into extinction. Yours truly, A guy who wants to save our reefs :-)

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

Dear central, caribbean and SA, we crapped the bed with our mania of trying to be exotic owning all sorts of animals. Let's eat these fish so WE all deal with a problem created by "US".

@magicman7369 4 жыл бұрын

They are actually really tasty. we need to eat all of them!

@lolazo21 5 жыл бұрын

Here in PR they got almost eliminated by a disease.

@PHlophe 5 жыл бұрын

cabron! that's Trump

@miguelangelmarquezhernande5037 4 жыл бұрын

@Crown royalare you all trump supporters really that brainless lmao

@tammydarat3148 Жыл бұрын

I am actually working on this for a project so thank you for the information!

@AFPMPU 5 жыл бұрын

"The planet is fine, always is for billions of year. The people on the other hand, are fucked"

@angela21975 2 жыл бұрын

My family has a second home in West Palm Beach Fla and when I go down to even the marina, it's quite easy to spot them in the water just down at the marina so this is something that I would love to do. Learn to spear them and do a derby!!!

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

try catchin them with a net like the one's used for butterflies. The most important thing here is to kill as many as possible

@Anonymous2627 Жыл бұрын

and some people say "it's animal cruelty"! Those people, man. lmao

@thousandwater 5 жыл бұрын

I am afraid it helps only very small part because many lionfish live on a depth where divers can not reach. But a bit less is better than nothing

@jalapenohiway 5 жыл бұрын

Now I want to eat some lionfish just for the fun of it, lol. Last time I was in New Orleans & FL I tried Alligator & Black Tip Shark & they were both amazingly delicious!

@mw-zhaa3445 3 жыл бұрын

Good job and thankyou to save populations

@blackdaylight 5 жыл бұрын

Spearing lionfish is definitely a job for robots in the not too distant future

@paulwary 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. They've begun to use robots to reduce crown of thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Lion fish doesn't look any more difficult to recognise or target. Easier probably because it's in open water - fewer obstacles to avoid/get stuck on.

@Azubjourni 3 жыл бұрын

The problem is also the pet shops, do you know how many fish they sell who can be dangeroys when they are invasive? we need to stop petshops and people who get animals but dont know how to care for them or get rid of them as fast as they got em.

@JohntechFL 5 жыл бұрын

I thought those tips were illegal in FL? I Got one in the late 80's in the keys but was told you could not use the tri tip in FL.

@ivanruiz4948 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe some one can make little robotic "fish" that hunt them down? Perhaps it can even find the eggs?

@johnsmythe4630 3 жыл бұрын

An invasive species killing another invasive species.

@betterness23 3 жыл бұрын

"we all win in the end".. Camera pans to dead lion fish on table... 😂

@nutsack406 5 жыл бұрын

Well I know what I’m gonna eat tonight!

@KatalinaRocha 5 жыл бұрын

Some local restaurants will serve lion fish sushi to help get rid of the invasive species

@jesuslimon8212 3 жыл бұрын

Ive seen goliath groupers eat them maybe we can use them they are native species i dont know if they are immune to their venom

@kyletruskie966 5 жыл бұрын

Ima start looking for these to pole fish for

@banettelover1241 5 жыл бұрын

* Chants, Lionfish, Lionfish, Lionfish *

@naf.u.2235 2 жыл бұрын

p.s. what submarines have "spotted" anything @ 1,000ft!?! haha....the Navy probably would like to talk to those sub builders! lol

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of alvin and other oceanographic subs?

@drmariopepper4354 5 жыл бұрын

People are so dumb. Throwing fish like that in the ocean. Come on now...

@foundsoul38 3 жыл бұрын

Deuce Bigalow would die if he hound out you are killing Antoines "fishy fishy" 😂

@richardmarsh2287 5 жыл бұрын

All the lionfish taken so far is less than a single successful spawning

@Exhibit_C_me 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Wtf is a Lion Fish? Me: ( CLICKS VIDEO)....oh shit its the fish from Duece Bigalo!! 😆

@briankaul1201 5 жыл бұрын

Can we use gene drive tech to kill them just like mosquitoes??

@inSpihr 5 жыл бұрын

I'm vegetarian, pls start selling them in Michigan! I will buy swathes. No guilt.

@vaper8824 4 жыл бұрын

WOWCruiser ikr he fucked up big time

@CrazymarioO-cf9yf 3 жыл бұрын

@Emrys Vegan and vegetarian are different and yes they're not but he is called a pesco-vegetarians/pescetarians.

@CrazymarioO-cf9yf 3 жыл бұрын

@@vaper8824 Look at the comment above this one

@mikkjaggher4221 3 жыл бұрын

Man can't stop the damage he causes on profit.

@thegamerboneless2864 Жыл бұрын

When I had my singles apartment I tried getting one, I think it was like $700 bucks so I don’t get how there invasive. I’m glad I couldn’t find one my fish always died.

@dixinears8004 5 жыл бұрын

This audio is terribly distorted.

@BradleyWelshTV 5 жыл бұрын

king of the oceans as well as the jungles ;)

@Docholladay007 Жыл бұрын

Why are these fish multiplying so fast

@rennzx5026 3 жыл бұрын

Snakehead fish and Lionfish both have similarities in the eco system

@jzambales 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see that these competitions are trying to create the demand for consumers to sell in grocery stores! lets eat them to extinction!!!

@kirkjohnson9353 5 жыл бұрын

Emily is my hero of the day.

@thanhavictus 3 жыл бұрын

If only we could have this much fun agaisnt other invasive species

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

i mean, i can go and kill pithons in florida

@adobo1976 5 жыл бұрын

How long before I can eat some lion fish?

@EndreaiYT 3 жыл бұрын

Just tell the Chinese they have medicinal properties

@seangrogan9393 3 жыл бұрын

That’s racist

@EndreaiYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@seangrogan9393 not racist, it’s called dark humor dimbwit, plus I’m pretty sure that if somebody actually told the Chinese that, they’d hunt them down and end the lion fish invasion by themselves

@hououinkyouma5539 5 жыл бұрын

There's two highly invasive species here.

@gtcosmoredstars5795 5 жыл бұрын

This is really great. In Canada they have gold fish that are growing to be as big or even bigger than those Lion Fish. And they are destroying the habitat of other fish and species in those watered habitats. Do not flush your pet fish down the toilet kill them. Throw them in the trash can.

@MrDavidBFoster 5 жыл бұрын

Too late. They're already here.

@videonautics 3 жыл бұрын

McDonalds and BurgerKing should have Lionfish Burger on their menu.

@andyhlawnchhing8337 2 жыл бұрын

Its good they re invasive species. I am saying this from my point that they look beautiful and not living nearby seas and oceans i assume this species to be very rare. They look magestic by the way. Now knowing that they are now killed to save environment is somewhat good to hear. When some species is beautiful but if they are rare and going exrinct is when its sad. But hearing these Lion fishes more in number thats needs to be control is nice to hear it...

@MrLegendra 5 жыл бұрын

Haha this reminds me of the "quite game", where parents who wanted their kids to be silent would offer a prize to the kid that stays quite the longest and thereby making it into a game/completion. But in this case it's the government instead of the parents. The government doesn't want to spend money to get rid of all the fish so they made a game/competition out of it.

@nickairsoft2922 5 жыл бұрын

MrLegendra imagine the cost of having a large number of divers and crews to support them on government payroll which probably wouldn’t get much better results. A lot cheaper to offer a cash prize to a few divers and fishers than hire people to do it

@MrLegendra 5 жыл бұрын

@@nickairsoft2922 Yeah, I agree. Pretty clever in my opinion. Plus it seems like they are all having a great time out there.

@nfrench2100 5 жыл бұрын

I think you mean the “quiet” game

@nickairsoft2922 5 жыл бұрын

Aleksandar Gregory for the government to be able to inform people there would need to be a report on the issue which would need a committee which requires people on payroll which requires money that the local government would most likely rather put somewhere other than fish hunting parties. Don’t lecture me about one dimensional arguments when you can’t manage that shit for brain

@BullToTheShit 3 жыл бұрын

Why aren't the lionfish a problem in the place from which they originated? Here in Florida the lionfish eat all the baby fish from other species, but the baby fish from the tropics (the lionfish's native waters) manage to not be eaten to the point of extinction.

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

because there, their existence and their prey have reached a natural equilibrium, like it happens with our native species. When u put another element, or weight, you disrupt the balance. it's like a scale.

@MalaysianTropikfusion 5 жыл бұрын

Do they really produce eggs (spawn?) every three days?

@r3zaful 3 жыл бұрын

Lapu ayam disana gk ada predator sama parasitnya

@dexm2010 5 жыл бұрын

The lionfish are laughing at all of you right now. You will never stop them.

@Ross-ts2kk 3 жыл бұрын

Question: What happen to the human when lion fish attacks someone

@juninhupk Жыл бұрын

They can die. Few months ago an artisanal fisherman stepped in one in Brazil. Almost died.

@ninethreefivesix 5 жыл бұрын

They actually are yummy fish. Lion fish ceviche is so damn good.

@britneysprsfan1forever415 3 жыл бұрын

A good idea of course like is mentioned in the video is to create a customer demand for consumption of this fish. A good PR campaign would be a good idea to do publicity to get people to want to eat this fish and let people know that it is delicious. The aftermath if successful would be a healthy ocean ecosystem in Florida of course...

@nonchalantd 5 жыл бұрын

The successful, venomous lionfish

@ayrtonynciertosecret 5 жыл бұрын

hahha... the funny part now in philippines is that fish is almost endanger especially that kind of fish taste sooo good and have a white meat

@Ch4os4ever 3 жыл бұрын

We have to become their natural predator.

@navytechskull1932 3 жыл бұрын

If you kill them for restaurants and don't leave some for existing predators how are they going to know they are good to eat?

@vend9234 3 жыл бұрын

There is plenty enough for the predators

@BaraIsrael 5 жыл бұрын

only vice video im gonna like.

@firephantomforces9953 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds Yum.

@dustywilson5461 Жыл бұрын

More, easier access to boats, diving equipment, hunting equipment and instructions for the general public would help put more people in the water to contribute to lionfish decline.

@nextphazeproductions8825 5 жыл бұрын

Why aren't they affected by the horrible red tide this year?

@stefanod8360 5 жыл бұрын

Hard hitting Vice scoop for something that has been covered (better) before! Yet, the black shirt and the glasses were oh so Brooklyn.

@who818 5 жыл бұрын

We ruined their environment. Pb and other oil companies along with agricultural companies should have to pay for the damage they’ve caused

@giovannip8600 5 жыл бұрын

I'm calling it, in a maximum of 20 years lionfish are going to be endangered

@youwanagethi 5 жыл бұрын

Since lionfish have a high reproduction rate, it’s doubtful.

@MetroDET2011 5 жыл бұрын

Giovanni Pezzino nope.

@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 5 жыл бұрын

They breed like crazy and thrive at depths where the only reliable means of killing them are useless.

@MrDavidBFoster 5 жыл бұрын

To the great relief of puffer fish enthusiasts..

@babyapple_ 5 жыл бұрын

20 years they still gonna thrive.

@arditlika9388 5 жыл бұрын

Why are they invading? What drove them?

@konstellashon1364 4 жыл бұрын

They were released from aquariums

@eltelle 5 жыл бұрын

I thought atlantic reefs death's was because BP massive oil spill.... But not it was the lion fish, killing all other fish because they are so selfish, they don't know when to stop....

@patrickpepin8577 5 жыл бұрын

Lion fish are quite taste

@7he.Polexican 3 жыл бұрын

So did Lionfish recently come into existence in the early 2000's or something? Amazing how a species whose been around for hundreds of years is all of a sudden destroying all reefs

@mucsalto8377 3 жыл бұрын

maybe next time you finish the video before commenting? From the South Pacific to aquariums and from aquariums into the Atlantic. Simple.

@rayfordcarpathia4015 5 жыл бұрын

Why aren't we all chowing down on these badboys??

@leonstanislav1265 5 жыл бұрын

Deuce bigalo wouldn't of become a gigalo for a fish that's caught n cooked for a festival. He sold his soul just for ONE of these fish man cmon show respect.

@exboyfriend8232 4 жыл бұрын

Rodents of the sea

@EvilSp0rk 4 жыл бұрын

There's no Whole Foods in the Keys... I'm from there and still go to see family. Whole Foods would not stimulate their economy.

@ashblaxe5911 5 жыл бұрын

Where do vice get these weird reporters/?

@Mohamedddiop 5 жыл бұрын

Is this the same one that did the reporting on the Charlottesville white supremacy rally? She looks like her but with short hair.

@ithinkimhipster502 5 жыл бұрын

D I V E R S I T Y

@ybs9003 5 жыл бұрын

bottom of the cv list pile

@supervegeta101 5 жыл бұрын

@@Mohamedddiop Nah, different weird looking blonde.

@lockandloadlikehell 5 жыл бұрын

I think her name is Simon.

@TresnaSahabakti 4 жыл бұрын

Better than eating poisonous puffer fish

@Joel-tt9eq 4 жыл бұрын

Now that we all have to stay home less people will kill these vicious beast's😒

@josuearce8148 3 жыл бұрын

Lion fish caviar?

@osvaldoreyes34 5 жыл бұрын

Every 1-4 days they have how many fucking eggs?

@Ajibolaa 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao just get the guys with the trolley ship and they will scoop and destroy the ocean and lionfish

@ATXSmokinAce 3 жыл бұрын

DUECE BIGGALOW!!!!

@JuniorJuni070 5 жыл бұрын

*lion fish* the king of the sea

@mxgryan 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. FINALLY an Interestng video that's not political and polar.

@ChristianDoretti 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was surprised

@aguBert90 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry but your definition of political is wrong or incomplete, political means decision making and take action, it means ethics and values... i see all of that in the video.

@aguBert90 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps what you are trying to say is that it aligns with your political beliefs

@mxgryan 5 жыл бұрын

@@aguBert90 perhaps.

@partypeople5071 5 жыл бұрын

We just need to spread rumor in china that the lion fish gives man stamina and keep them rock hard for a long period of time. And these lionfish will be endangered species in no time.