By Claudio Gonzalez | Technical Coordinator
As the invasion of lionfish raises among Coastal and Marine Protected Areas of the Mesoamerican Reef Region, a meeting to start with the development of a MAR lionfish control strategy is being organized.
Authorities from the four countries of the region and the international cooperation are planning to gather a well-selected group of experts in lionfish to share experiences and to prepare the basics for a MAR strategy to control this invasive species.
Based on the Caribbean Strategy for the control of lionfish, the experts will work for two days to develop a document that, after been discussed and completed with feedback from other key actors of the region, will be finished and will hopefully become a regional strategy.
The meeting will end with a lionfish tasting prepared for an open public, in which information about the biology and ecology of lionfish. A talk regarding why the consumption of lionfish is an effective control tool will also be presented.
We will definetly let you know how this regional meeting goes and what were its results.
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