Wanted dead, not alive: the lionfish. You can make $5,000 if you get rid of them

miamiherald.com ^ | Howard Cohen

[BenLurkin]

Wanted dead, not alive: the lionfish. You can make $5,000 if you get rid of them

After the first 25, you have to submit tails for the chance to collect the top prize.

Tails can be submitted at numerous checkpoints throughout Florida, including in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Islamorada, Tavernier, Marathon, Key West and Boca Raton.

Participants can also get a 2018 Lionfish Challenge T-shirt, commemorative coin and entry into the FWC Lionfish Hall of Fame.

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Over the last five years, some dozen South Florida restaurants began serving lionfish on their menus because the delicate, flaky fish, often compared to hogfish and snapper, is a taste treat.

That's one way to help reduce their numbers.

[Neidermeyer]

How hard are they to handle? Do you fillet them like normal?
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Spearfish them.. cut the spines off with scissors ,, cook as you would any other fish.