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Lionfish Population on the Decline in Cozumel

 

Photo Courtesy of Jessica Rose

While Lionfish, or Pterois volitans, are still a viable threat to the Cozumel reef system, reports from officials from the Cozumel National Marine Park are encouraging.

 

Recently, representatives of  the national park “Arrecifes de Cozumel”, stated that due to the various strategies that Cozumel has implemented to combat this invasive reef predator, numbers are on the decline.

 

In the past, Cozumel has hosted a number of Lionfish tournaments, and has encouraged local restaurants to serve lionfish based dishes.  In fact, local fisherman have been boasting that the fish is an aphrodisiac, which has only increased sales.

 

The island’s Fishermen’s  Cooperative has been instrumental in the sale of lionfish, which is now can be considered “under control.”

 

Photo Courtesy of Salllye Martin

The Director went on to laud the efforts of the island to control, if not deplete the population, and went so far as to state that our island could serve as an example to other areas besieged by this reef predator.

 

 

The next time you’re in the mood for fish, consider ordering the lionfish.  For more information on lionfish, check out the NOAA fact sheet.

 

Disminuye la población de pez león en Cozumel

 

 

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Si bien los peces león, o Pterois volitans, siguen siendo una amenaza para el sistema arrecifal de Cozumel, los datos proporcionados por funcionarios del Parque Nacional marino de Cozumel son alentadores.

 

Los representantes del Parque Nacional “Arrecifes de Cozumel” hace poco declararon que, gracias a diversas estrategias implementadas en Cozumel para combatir a este depredador invasor, las cifras van en descenso.

 

En el pasado, Cozumel ha organizado una serie de torneos de pez león y ha animado a los restaurantes locales a servir platillos a base de esta especie. De hecho, los pescadores locales han alardeado de que el pez tiene propiedades afrodisiacas, lo que ha ayudado a incrementar las ventas.

 

La Cooperativa de Pescadores de la Isla ha desempeñado un papel decisivo en la venta del pez león, que ahora puede considerarse que está “bajo control”.

Photo Courtesy of Salllye Martin

El director continuó alabando los esfuerzos de la Isla por controlar, si no es que mermar, a la población y llegó a afirmar que en lo que respecta al Estado nuestra Isla puede servir de ejemplo a otras zonas asediadas por este depredador de los arrecifes.

 

La próxima vez que apetezca pescado, piense en pedir pez león. Para más información sobre el pez león, consulte la hoja informativa de la NOAA.

 

Laura Wilkinson
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An ex-Connecticut Yankee who has called Cozumel home for over 18 years, Laura ran away to the Caribbean years ago, bumped around the islands teaching SCUBA diving, lost some time in Jamaica, and finally stopped in Cozumel for a 2 week vacation that hasn’t ended yet. With a degree in Journalism from a fancy private college she convinced her parents to pay for, Laura writes, edits, and creates the weekly Cozumel 4 You news, social media, and promotional articles about the island, as well as moderates the Cozumel 4 You Facebook group, which currently has over 25,000 members. Her long suffering husband, Fabian, has long since resigned himself to having zero private life, as he’s been involved in her various schemes and plots since his arrival. Proud parents to a variety of rescue dogs and cats, Laura continues to be the bane of her traditional Mexican mother-in-law’s existence, as she muses her way through life in the Mexican Caribbean. ______________________________ Una ex yanqui de Connecticut quien llama hogar a Cozumel desde hace más de 15 años. Laura escapó al Caribe hace años, desplazándose de una isla a otra dando clases de BUCEO. Se dedicó a perder el tiempo en Jamaica y finalmente se detuvo en Cozumel para pasar unas vacaciones de 2 semanas que aún no terminan. Convenciendo a sus padres que pagaran una elegante universidad privada, obtuvo su título en Periodismo y Laura crea semanalmente Cozumel 4You, medios sociales y artículos promocionales sobre la Isla y también es moderadora en el grupo Cozumel 4 You en Facebook que actualmente cuenta con 25,000 miembros. Fabián, s umuy tolerante marido, desde hace mucho tiempo se resignó a no tener vida privada, pues se ha visto implicado en los diversos proyectos y planes que urde Laura. Son orgullosos padres de diversos perros y gatos rescatados. Mientras contempla su paso a través de la vida en el Caribe mexicano, Laura continúa siendo la pesadilla en la existencia de su muy tradicional suegra mexicana.

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