Invasive Lionfish

From National Ocean Service:

#InvasiveSpecies Awareness Week continues! You may have heard about the #lionfish invasion happening now, but did you know just how far these venomous fish have spread? Since the first lionfish sighting off Florida in 1985, the invaders have spread throughout the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Seaboard as far north as Rhode Island! Here, a science diver at NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary captures a lionfish specimen for research that will help us better understand and combat this threat to our marine ecosystems.