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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- More than 15,000 lionfish were removed from Florida waters thanks to several tournaments held across the state focused on targeting the invasive species. Five of those fish were ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - In an effort to cut down on the numbers of an invasive fish that harms native fish that are important to maintaining healthy reefs, Florida's Lionfish Challenge will run through ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Florida's ban on importing invasive lionfish, the first of its kind in the nation, goes into effect on Friday as wildlife managers look for a way to control the spread of the barbed, red-and-white ...

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 ...