Invasive lionfish are a serious threat to Florida's saltwater fishing industry — the second largest in the nation — and the thousands of jobs it supports, according to an economic commentary from ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Underwater there is no denying their beauty. From their brilliant coloration to showy pectoral fins, lionfish are fascinating to watch but they've also caused ecological ...

DESTIN, Fla. (CBS4) – South Florida's lionfish invasion has spread to the Gulf waters off Florida's Panhandle. Lionfish are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, but have formed growing populations ...

For reasons not yet fully understood, there appear to be fewer lionfish on wrecks and artificial reefs off the Alabama and Mississippi coast than are seen on reefs off of the Florida panhandle and ...

State wildlife regulators today banned the import of live lionfish and enacted several other countermeasures to help combat the fierce fish's invasion of Florida waters. Lionfish, native to Pacific ...

Lionfish are the newest target of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation's (FWC) efforts to use social engagement to tackle the problem of exotic, invasives in the state. The FWC announced last ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 2023 Lionfish Challenge has ended, shattering previous competition records, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Thursday. The eighth edition ...

FORT MYERS, Florida -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a number of regulations to combat invasive lionfish at today's meeting in Fort Myers, including a ban on ...

Whole Foods now is selling lionfish at all 26 of its Florida supermarket locations. Whole Foods workers will remove the venomous spines before consumers purchase the fish. It will retail for $8.99 per ...

A Florida diver has speared what’s described as the heaviest lionfish ever harvested from the Atlantic Ocean. Timothy Blasko, who was diving at the Tennessee Reef last week in the Florida Keys, ...

A Florida diver set two records recently by spearing and removing a large lionfish from the Gulf of Mexico. The lionfish measured 18.7 inches and weighed 3.77 pounds, making it the longest and ...