60 Pounds of Invasive Lionfish on One Dive

[@ronaldharris6569]

Notice there's no small reef fish swimming around just an area infested with lionfish. I'm happy they are considered good tasting so they won't go to waste

[@knghtfallTF]

No small fish because the lionfish ate them all

[@Dilapidated_Dilo]

@@knghtfallTF and it's our turn to eat the lionfish

[@Quark1217]

Lion fish fillets are excellent. We speared a few last time down in the keys.

[@nullnull7352]

What does Lion Fish taste like? Ive had Red Snapper and Grouper, never had Lion Fish before tho.

[@Mario-M5]

@@nullnull7352 I have fished and eaten many of those. My brother told me they taste better than many other fish he ate before! During fishing, we should be careful with their poisonous spines! (you can easily see their position, on google images) 😉

[@Progamer1013]

Good work guys! Invasive species can be such a detriment to ecosystems when left unchecked. Keep it up!

[@redhaze8080]

Yes they are.. that makes all the US money pouring in to Australian politics to protect US invasive species here so evil and fucked up. take ya feral horses and ya foxes and your dirty money and fuck off

[@Xo-Yanga]

@@redhaze8080 who pissed in your drink, he’s telling them that they’re doing a good job and you have to bring politics into this. Shut ya fucking mouth.

[@jelmerdijken1529]

Don't forget humans are the OG invasive species

[@Progamer1013]

@@jelmerdijken1529 I think it was Agent Smith who said Humans are more similar to a virus than any other species on the planet.

[@nakedpapashrek4283]

@@Xo-Yanga Australia is better than USA so you STFU

[@alextogo8367]

Really like this video. No useless intros or talking, just straight action. Love it. Nice job altogether 👋

[@prahill8]

Thanks!

[@zjames1324]

What area are you in?

[@pisotones2348]

Annoying unnecessary music!

[@PapaWheelie1]

We sell them to local restaurants- $8 a pound for whole lionfish. They are great tasting and it pays for the gas and beer

[@Novitiate001]

Nice. Any chance you also sell Tetrodotoxin (from pufferfish)? I’ve been looking all over but no one does...

[@annanouvel1699]

@@Novitiate001 why lol

[@Novitiate001]

noah nouvel Don’t ask. I’ll have to get you too...I mean, uh, nothing...

[@annanouvel1699]

Iceflame oh no

[@PapaWheelie1]

@@Novitiate001 haha 🤣

[@andanotherthing12]

good on you, man. gotta keep these pests out of the reefs!

[@veronicam2942]

So satisfying to watch. 🥳

[@elfthan5693]

Veronica M that’s not creepy at all

[@veronicam2942]

Elfthan Good to know. 🙄😆

[@glata1221]

Veronica M it really is though 😂

[@Pearg0ld]

Agreed

[@Patekpvp]

Satisfying af

[@oceannova6976]

Government: Execute Order 66

[@slider903]

It will be done my lord.

[@marsisflat]

Blast him

[@Xo-Yanga]

Good divers follow orders

[@Pearg0ld]

There is so much to do to help our oceans. I can't do much about it except try and pick up garbage and trash I see lazily tossed on the ground. But I think if there is two parties. One that cleans the world above and another taking on the ocean. We can truly make a change

[@lancet.346]

That's a really good way of looking at it. Teamwork!

[@spunkymomma5935]

good job everyone 👏🏻 I’m a diver , and every single one of those things culled from our waters will make a big difference. I really wish we as a community of divers could get together and designate several days a year as a lionfish cull day. Make a day out of it. Bring awareness. Barbecue and have fun and get those things off of our reefs!

[@JillianSelbyPicture]

I LIKE THE WAY THEY ALL WORKED AS A TEAM, KEEPING THE REEFS SAFE. THANK YOU.

[@ohyes5637]

I love knowing that people care for the native species and the balance of the environment.

[@bushy3627]

Lionfish sees his friend getting speared Lionfish: idk

[@nicks1451]

Bless you for keeping our reefs healthy!

[@MillennialTravelConfessions]

You guys are doing a great job, keep it up! 👍

[@crapisnice]

yes, next time dont forget to check mines or tnt attached to the rib

[@gertrudeb5045]

omg look at those ocean floor, so lifeless because of all these lionfish around

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

they're voracious and territorial. Even if they don't eat the other fish, they will simply kill it.

[@lhbeeler]

Seriously, where do I sign up???? This would be so cool!

[@alexthorner5186]

pretty sure it is ReefCI in Belize

[@tripp2334]

Nah look up dive shop and pay for it

[@BaneRain]

ｗａｓｔｅｄ

[@boredkid1235]

I wish I had the equipment and expertise to go and do this. I hope you guys get them all!

[@ralfku4280]

Buy a spear and go freediving.

[@tinglydingle]

Don't suppose you (or anyone else) know what fins those are at 2:46? I love how bright they are!

[@tinglydingle]

Mares Avanti Quattro?

[@valeriebuitrago9833]

Great video! I plan on starting this summer, do you have any big tips or words of caution? I know to avoid the spines of the lionfish, but my fiancé and I worry more about sharks getting interested.

[@People-Business-And-Ideas]

Notice you don’t see other fish species on the reef.

[@garys8754]

Great job all around. The only problem is that search and destroy hunts like this one have to be conducted every day by hundreds of similarly equipped boats. I know that you took 60 lbs of these killers but the same reef that you cleaned will be repopulated by foraging LF within days. Keep up the good work and for those uninformed morons who objected to this video, kindly keep your mouth shut.

[@GettingSchwiftyy]

Do they really just come back in and repopulate?

[@lionelpeer4097]

are these commercial charters? if so: where & how much does it cost?

[@prahill8]

I actually did this as part of a service trip in Belize through International Volunteers Headquarters (IVHQ) - you can check it out on their website

[@lionelpeer4097]

@@prahill8 Great, thanks for the info!

[@coinage]

This is like the underwater version community park cleanup, love to see it

[@johnnychung7438]

What eats Lion Fish? and wouldn't going after the eggs be a better idea? learning how they nest their eggs going after those? that could control in the thousands.

[@Ozraptor4]

Unfortunately they don't make nests = females simply dump 50,000 eggs into the surrounding water every 3-4 days, which the males release clouds of sperm on. The eggs & babies drift with the plankton until they grow large enough to hunt on the reef. That's why lionfish have such a massive advantage of native Caribbean fish which usually spawn once a year.

[@jackshen5093]

Are you using a red filter on your go pro? The footage looks great

[@ETCLebanon]

This line on the zookeeper container may snap. I had to replace it with a Nylon one. Almost lost the container on one of the dives.

[@skyshelix4440]

I plan on learning how to spearfish, and one of the first species I plan on going after whenever I get the chance is lionfish

[@aecs.constn]

Can't we design an underwater drone with a single purpose of killing these invasive fish?

[@taladiv3415]

As a vegan at present, I think this is one of the only fish that no mercy is to be shown to.

[@providenceball]

W comment

[@janetlopez6763]

I could watch this all day on loop

[@lordofweirdness4714]

Sad their invasive there just so pretty

[@everettduncan7543]

They're tasty though

[@kingdave5086]

Nice in the aquarium but a terror in the wild

[@crazykirbymain4217]

Pretty good to kill

[@stickyfoot84]

1:46 Rad shot!

[@matthewray5954]

Can you sell those to markets? Or will FWC let you get liscened to hunt them for the state?

[@eliasp92509]

Omg. I’m gonna go to Florida soon, any suggestions on restaurants that seek you cooked lion fish?!

[@evanwillis6229]

It hurts me to see such a beautiful fish getting killed so much but all of that pain goes away when i see all of the reef restoration!

[@Ben-kv7wr]

Love it!! Do this with iguanas in Florida too for some free invasive proteins. Lionfish and iguana tacos anyone 😂

[@doingme8384]

Please please keep doing this! These fish are HORRIBLE!!! I have never hated a fish so much in my life. Y’all keep up the good work!!!

[@bovverFS]

@ Doing me: You hated that fish? Are you a little child or only a little fool. You should rather hate the humans, that caused this problem. Where they belong to - coral reefs in the Red Sea, Pacific and the Indo-Pacific, they aren't a problem for the eco system. Where they are invasive, they are a problem and must be removed from that eco system... it's that simple, actually understandable even for people with lower intelligence!

[@richieh6465]

what if a grouper transitioned to a lionfish would they be protected?

[@Pashasmom1]

I think the hardest part is filleting them. I have tried but failed miserably.

[@jackfntwist]

They should use little dredges like they do dredging for gold in the Bering Sea. Just vacuum them up directly to the surface.

[@andanotherthing12]

that’d do more harm than good imo

[@jackfntwist]

@@andanotherthing12 Just to vacuum the fish, not the reef. facepalm!

[@andanotherthing12]

@@jackfntwist dude....you know there’s other fish that live there right? they’ll be sucked up too, dumbass!

[@jackfntwist]

@@andanotherthing12 You're a total idiot.

[@jackfntwist]

@@andanotherthing12 I'm talking about the little hand held ones with a small nozzle, not the huge dredges, moron.

[@Xsuprio]

Are they good eatin'?

[@MrCristianposso]

Excellent actually.

[@jackplaysgames5130]

We gotta save the native fish and our reefs keep going guys!

[@greggale5165]

How deep was this? at which levels do these fish prefer?

[@zebrapleco7895]

That’s a huge part of the problem cuz they can go pretty deep when they want to. They have a large range on the reefs and coastal sea shelves.

[@ligma9853]

Where they are native ?

[@Ozraptor4]

Tropical Indo-Pacific

[@emo13narutard]

How deep was the dive?

[@tobberfutooagain2628]

Used to watch Jacques Cousteau as a kid. Back then the reefs were colorful and abundant. Look at them now….

[@GRIFF22]

Taste nice apparently. Very sustainable way of eating, and removing an invasive species at the same time!

[@monteb6276]

Imagine just being a lion fish chilling with your buddies in a reef you conquered and suddenly a boat comes overhead and a bunch of divers with spears drop down hell divers style and start stabbing all your friends.😂 Keep up the good work guys

[@nob45323]

lol cry vegan cry

[@Fluff_gobocat]

​@@nob45323 what are you on about, must have been on the wrong comment

[@nob45323]

@@Fluff_gobocat ? I did not reply to this comment at least i can't see what i replied I dont really remember idk

[@jugendamthamburg-ggkonform381]

Can the scales be removed without damaging the skin of the fish?

[@lionparcelpalagan7515]

wdym?

[@user-tz9jh6pv2j]

it's just like any other fish... yes you can descale it

[@Sonicice24]

That's pretty epic.

[@FlämingGeflüster]

Zuerst die "Arbeit" dann der Genuss. Weiter so!

[@shortylittle3610]

Fantastic work your doing ,thank-you, where is this place that you were catching this invasive lionfish,

[@brutallyhonest5239]

super invasive lion fish destroy reef ecosystem

[@moonlightspark3402]

Super invasive idiot humans who bought these fish from else where and left few of them in Florida.

[@TobiBabalola-u3v]

​@@moonlightspark3402 don't say that again

[@firedathan]

Cool vid what spears were you useing?

[@mariposaorofusionfoodchann7573]

Which Caribbean country was this in? That is a rather large amount of Lionfish! They should consider selling them here in the UK!

[@theavaliengineer]

Could honestly just be Florida.

[@BB-ou2zv]

Can you eat these lionfish?

[@giacomolontra3707]

Where did you get the container for the fish?

[@riverdhan]

up

[@t-wongg3773]

You guys pick up lion fish like you pick up litter with spears

[@michaelc9248]

Would of been a lot better without the music

[@aerokayo]

Did you have them cooked? They taste pretty damn good.

[@rwoodward8839]

Get rid of those buggers!😁

[@TimothyMonjure]

Where's the other fish?

[@gwyn.]

lmao these lion fishes are just getting picked up like trash

[@24juan68]

Next time you dive, wash your gopro lens and camera case with minty toothpaste to prevent fogging

[@joelcamacho8716]

When the lionfishes gets snatched, they are like at fast as an octopus releasing ink

[@ghjhgjdfhhjfghefhjfg3327]

Thank You!!!!

[@chokoturtle]

Awesome! I also like the hunting music LOL

[@forewarne6838]

aren't lionfish poisonous? why are they eating them?

[@VocalArmory]

Fore WARNE they’re venomous, plus their venom is in their spines, so as long as you don’t get poked by them you’re generally fine to eat them

[@plantimations1232]

Venom is only dangerous if it gets into your bloodstream, so some people drink snake venom because it can’t kill them if they do ‘t have a major artery in their stomach

[@dontimberman5493]

How do they taste?

[@karrikaleshefski7073]

What company did you use for this trip?

[@stephenj.p.ingley4033]

Awesome Job...Keep up the great work and very good eating...

[@jam206AR]

How deep was this

[@shadowstar3432]

What depth is that

[@shadowstar3432]

noodle

[@ylwboii567]

Where is this at?

[@milodack1599]

Certainly wouldn’t be holding the tube up close to the end where you stick the lionfish in like some of them. If the spines get you, it hurts like hell

[@at1970]

This is like trying to remove mosquitoes by slapping them. It’s going to take biologic controls.

[@nextworldaction8828]

Keep this up!!!!!!!!!!

[@Leon-vd2fi]

Are they still alive when put in the container?

[@bigbassgaming6007]

Yes

[@SirGoofyparrotfish]

Then make them suffer more by filleting them alive just like in Japanese restaurants

[@thehellyousay]

Are they edible?

[@johnatella8498]

yes and very tasty

[@uruvilaathakarjanan9996]

Seafood Makan(Feast) Time👍🏽🤤

[@kingdave5086]

POV: You’re also looking for some triggered PETA member in the comments going on about how spearfishing is evil

[@providenceball]

lol frfr

[@04shakhawathossain75]

That was the national mourning day for that lionfish community

[@justinpham6527]

Dang! It like picking up trash . Nice job!

[@MellyBenelli]

What music is this? I'm jamming to it😂

[@markcraig4036]

Timon the meerkat. "Whaaaaat's on the menu?"

[@keinosmith874]

Thank you so much ..you all need to come to the bahamas next🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸

[@slider903]

Don't stop

[@starleen2211]

Invasive species

[@slider903]

starleen Rogers I know

[@starleen2211]

@@slider903 I thought you said something else . Sorry about that 👍👍

[@slider903]

starleen Rogers no worries.

[@Ender3Me]

Roasted lionfish on a stick with salt is delicious and sweet.

[@adamhall5024]

Very sad,practically no other fish around due to these lions

[@ger13nunyah56]

This is the way 😊

[@pinkandbright1234]

You can see the damage they do to the place they are, cuz I’ve never seen a video in which there are lionfish and has color or other kind

[@bovverFS]

Honestly this is partly bullshit. The guys in that clip do a perfect job, coz the lionfish is an invasive in the atlantic ocean and the caribbean sea and the cleaned the sea, where the lionfish doesn't belong to. In their natural habitat, you'll find colourful coral reefs, a lot of other reef fishes and so on. Watch videos from the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, where the lionfish species usually live. So, your comment is only valid for an enviroment, where these fishes are an invasive species. If you go snorkeling or diving in the Red Sea or Indian Ocean, what we from Europe often do, watching a lionfish is very cool, they really nice fishes. At the end, human beings are the problem, coz they have brought that species to areas, where they don't belong and fit to, so human being have to eliminate this error again to keep our ecosystems in balance. Respect to the guys in the video for doin' that.

[@samto5883]

I could watch this all day

[@ricefarmerdeboi8095]

More must perish my friends

[@tomhermens7698]

Take as many as possible. Another 24.000.000 to go 😢

[@deepikanagarajan8750]

Hi! I'm reaching out from a brand that makes invasive lionfish leather - we would love to collaborate on some footage. Please let me know if you're interested!

[@HankMFWimbleton]

If an invasive species has no natural predator, *give them something to worry about*

[@diloboi]

introduce a invasive fish natural predators to a place we're that fish are not native to might cause a larger problem Take cat as an example

[@HankMFWimbleton]

humans are enough, if we can cause irreversible damage to our living space then we can make lionfish an exotic species

[@Haroun.Benmahdjoub]

Water infested Lionfish! But you collected them like sea urchins 😂😂😂

[@thomashill6347]

Now that is a good job catching and invasive fish, NOW we need to do something with Asian Carp AND Rock Pythons

[@inevertouchgrass-r4k]

bro that looks like so much fun 🤩