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Environment & Energy

busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2014, 02:29 PM Feb 2014

The Lion Fish issue in the waters off florida and other areas is huge..

Really a threat to the eco-system..
I wonder if they get close to the beaches.. Super dangerous!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1021/Lionfish-invasion-An-unabated-siege-of-the-Atlantic

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The Lion Fish issue in the waters off florida and other areas is huge.. (Original Post) busterbrown Feb 2014 OP

I can see one potential upside kristopher Feb 2014 #1

kristopher

(29,798 posts)

1. I can see one potential upside

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 03:19 PM

Feb 2014

Perhaps if the waters are filled with these critters it will reduce the incentive to develop the Coastal Zone. If I were Emperor I'd ban nearly all development within 15 miles of the coast.

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