Source of Lionfish Invasion

Hurricane Andrew to blame??? Well maybe or maybe not. Walter Courtenay, fisheries biologist and Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic University, published an account (in 1995) of 6-8 lionfish being spotted in Biscayne Bay after a bay-side aquarium broke during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. However, there have been earlier reports: The late Richard Nielsen, golden crab fisherman extraordinaire, and a good friend, found one in 1985 fishing off Dania, Florida according to his wife, Teri Nielsen. This fish was mounted and was given away by Richard. If anyone knows where this lionfish is, please contact me or Teri. During an April 8th presentation to The Rotary Club of Freeport, arranged by my father – Sonny Waugh, Mr. Caleb Hepburn recounted a long lost encounter with a lionfish. It was in the 1 ...

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Your one-stop lionfish shop!

We have searched world-wide to bring you the best of the best products to attack the lionfish invasion in as safe a manner as possible.  Remember, spearfishing is dangerous and spearing lionfish is even more dangerous.  Please read all the instructions that come with our products and please use all of our equipment so that you are as protected as possible from the venomous lionfish spines.  Always dive with a partner and let someone know your dive plan before leaving. BE SAFE!   We offer two SafeSpear Lionfish Kits – one for the deep water (SCUBA) diver that includes the Deep Water Lionfish Bag and one for the shallow water diver that includes the Shallow Water Lionfish Bucket Float.  Both kits include the patented Lionfish Polespear (with lamenated instructions), needle-resista ...

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SafeSpear Product Launch

The Bahamas National Trust hosted a program to introduce SafeSpear on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The program began at 6:30 pm at the Rand Nature Centre. Plans for the evening included: A welcome table with information and a display of our products. Lisa Waugh (Vice-President, SafeSpear, LLC) answered questions, distributed printed materials, and took orders for spears and kits. Presentation– Gregg Waugh (President, SafeSpear, LLC) discussed lionfish (the invasion and lionfish biology) and SafeSpear’s products/solution to the lionfish invasion. After the presentation, the floor was open for questions. After the questions, wine & cheese was served and Gregg conducted demonstrations. Demonstration– Gregg demonstrated the SafeSpear Kit and how to remove venomous spines with the lionfish gr ...

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