Lionfish Cozumel

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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