Jamaica reports big drop in lionfish sightings – As reported in The Economic Times

April 17, 2014

KINGSTON (JAMAICA): Jamaica is reporting a big decline in sightings of lionfish, the voracious invasive species that has been wreaking havoc on regional reefs for years and wolfing down native juvenile fish and crustaceans.

Some four years after a national campaign got started to slash numbers of the candy-striped predator with a mane of venomous spines, Jamaica’s National Environment and Planning Agency is reporting a 66 per cent drop in sightings of lionfish in coastal waters with ..

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Jamaica reports big drop in lionfish sightings (The Economic Times article)