Last night Capt Gino and Kim attended the training to capture the non-native Lion Fish that have started to invaded the Florida Keys. The first fish was spotted in Jan 2009. http://keysnews.com/node/9153 The training was offered to local marine professional and is a requirement for a permit to remove Lion Fish from the Florida Keys National Marine Santurary. Kim has already reported seeing a large Lion Fish on Molassas Reef (a popular dive site in the FKNMS) on July 7th. That fish was removed. After the permits are issued we will be on the look out for any Lion Fish on our guided dives. We hope our divers will assist us in locating these harmful specicies. As the permits are specific to the individual our divers will not be able to assist in the capture but are welcome to watch and photograph the event.
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