Invasive lionfish sightings are becoming more frequent along southeast Florida’s coral reefs. As part of the Southeast Marine Event Response Program (SEMERP), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Coral Reef Conservation Program (FDEP-CRCP) is collaborating with REEF and Miami-Dade Sea Grant to hold an inter-agency lionfish workshop in January 2011. Lionfish have been reported throughout the east coast of the U.S. from Florida up through Massachusetts and further afield, from Bermuda, the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. The rapid spread over a relatively short time period has caused alarm as this invasive species poses a major threat to native fish populations, associated habitats and ecosystems as a whole.
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