[Coral-List] Control of Lionfish
Justin R Grubich
justinrg at gmail.com
Wed May 6 12:33:11 EDT 2009
Colleagues,
To add to Mark's observations of lionfishes in their native ranges, we
recently documented lionfish species diversity and
biogeography during an expedition to the southwest islands of Palau this
past summer. Interestingly, we found very low numbers of lionfishes but high
species richness and abundances of groupers. In addition to healthy
populations of large groupers among these remote reefs, there was also high
densities of medium and small groupers species that are likley keeping them
in check as ecomorphological competitors of lionfishes. If anyone is
interested in more details, the results of this rapid assessment of
lionfishes will be coming out in Coral Reefs soon. For those interested in
the raw data, the specimen and tissue collections are being housed at the
Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
-Justin Grubich
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> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)" <M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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> Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs and caves in the
> forereef or reef wall. They use their pectoral fins in a "herding" technique
> to trap small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces than most
> branching corals would provide.
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of andrew ross
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> To: Coral List
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
>
>
> Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the branching coral
> (staghorn-type) thickets on their native reefs?
> Andrew
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, John Ogden <jogden at marine.usf.edu> wrote:
>
> > From: John Ogden <jogden at marine.usf.edu>
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: "Brice Semmens" <Brice.Semmens at noaa.gov>
> > Cc: "Coral List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:19 AM
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Good first point and more or less what I meant to say.
> > Let's
> > distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with)
> > lionfish
> > requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive,
> > extensive,
> > well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures
> > (and there are
> > many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is
> > now to use
> > the event of invasion not just to document but to look at
> > what is
> > happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is
> > established. Surely
> > this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to
> > control. In my
> > opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Brice Semmens wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most
> > folk appreciate
> > > control efforts (particularly in your neck of the
> > woods!) Efforts
> > > aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to
> > limit impacts to
> > > already stressed reef communities. Put another way,
> > the efforts are
> > > only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't
> > believe anyone
> > > involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has
> > eradication as a goal
> > > at this point. It's also worth noting that any
> > rigorous efforts aimed
> > > at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale
> > should probably
> > > attempt some version of BACI... note the
> > 'control' part of BACI.
> > >
> > > So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks
> > forgo control
> > > efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting
> > the undoubtedly
> > > horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's
> > like studying the
> > > wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go
> > off -- I'd rather
> > > spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the
> > blast as possible.
> > >
> > > My two cents.
> > > Brice Semmens
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > John Ogden wrote:
> > >> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of
> > 1983-84 and the
> > >> opportunities that were missed because of poor
> > communications across the
> > >> region, now would be a very good time to use our
> > superb and ubiquitous
> > >> communications to set up a coordinated observation
> > network to see what
> > >> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small
> > reef fishes. It
> > >> appears that this idea could be trumped by
> > well-meaning but ultimately
> > >> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that
> > they are here to stay?
> > >> It would be best we anticipate the future of
> > Caribbean reefs with
> > >> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our
> > minds around this.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers all.
> > >>
> > >>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
> > Network
> > >>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Dave Anderson
> > >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> > >>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> > >>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish
> > Update
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> This message was originally submitted by
> > Bradley Johnson
> > >>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90
> > lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> > >>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3
> > live specimens. They have
> > >>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down
> > to 110', on all sides of the
> > >>> islands, and in all habitats.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> By island we have:
> > >>>
> > >>> Grand Cayman - 44;
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac - 8;
> > >>>
> > >>> Little Cayman - 38.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in
> > November and sustained severe
> > >>> damage to the Island, including their dive
> > operations. The sightings have so
> > >>> far been primarily from divers, so with
> > practically no diving in the Brac we
> > >>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from
> > there. We assume this will
> > >>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to
> > remove lionfish for us having
> > >>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We
> > will increase the number of
> > >>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more
> > dive staff back.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Bradley C. Johnson
> > >>> Research Officer
> > >>> Department of Environment
> > >>> Cayman Islands Government
> > >>> PO Box 486
> > >>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> > >>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
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> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:08:06 +0800
> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)" <M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "Jeremy Woodley" <jdwoodley at yahoo.co.uk>, "Georgina Bustamante"
> <gbustamante at bellsouth.net>, "IRF''Bruce Potter" <
> bpotter at irf.org>,
> "John Ogden" <jogden at marine.usf.edu>, "Ernesto Weil"
> <eweil at caribe.net>
> Cc: Rahanna Juman <rjuman at ima.gov.tt>, Dale Webber
> <dale.webber at uwimona.edu.jm>, "J.C. Zieman" <jcz at virginia.edu>,
> Eric
> Jordan-Dahlgren <jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx>, Gulf and Caribbean
> Fisheries Institute <GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU>, Coral List
> <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, Bill Wiebe <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>,
> Bjorn Kjerfve <kjerfve at tamu.edu>, Dean Milliken
> <milliken at marine.usf.edu>, Caribbean Coral Reefs
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> Lionfish have been one of the more popular species in marine aquaria for a
> long time, as well as being exploited for food in a few places, but I've
> never heard of any noticeable declines in their populations, even where
> locally harvested for the aquarium trade. I rather doubt that any kind of
> removal program would have much effect.
>
> As far as I know, their major predators are large groupers and other
> lionfish. There are definitely fewer large grouper species in the tropical
> west Atlantic than the Indo-Pacific, and there is the question of whether
> any predator in the Atlantic would find them palatable. What are the
> predators of scorpionfish in the Atlantic, if any? They might also be able
> to prey on lionfish. I suppose one could hope that lionfish numbers in the
> Caribbean might reach an equilibrium if their cannibalism rate eventually
> equals their recruitment rate, but who knows what sort of population density
> would be needed for that to happen...
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Jeremy Woodley
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 1:30 AM
> To: 'Georgina Bustamante'; IRF''Bruce Potter; 'John Ogden'; Ernesto Weil
> Cc: 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren';
> 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'; 'Coral List'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Bjorn
> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'; 'Campam'; 'George F.
> Warner'
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> I agree with John that the creature is probably here to stay. However,
> people who have researched its life-history, natural distribution and
> ecology could tell us if there is some weak point at which it might be
> susceptible for control, or could enhance attempts to capture them. But it's
> hard to imagine that divers with nets and spears can do the job: not enough
> divers and too many less accessible reefs.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Ernesto Weil <eweil at caribe.net> wrote:
>
> From: Ernesto Weil <eweil at caribe.net>
> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "'Georgina Bustamante'" <gbustamante at bellsouth.net>, "'Bruce Potter,
> IRF'" <bpotter at irf.org>, "'John Ogden'" <jogden at marine.usf.edu>
> Cc: "'Campam'" <campam at yahoogroups.com>, "'Coral List'" <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, "'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'" <
> jgarzon at invemar.org.co>, "'Carolina Bastidas'" <cbastidas at usb.ve>,
> "'Rahanna Juman'" <rjuman at ima.gov.tt>, "'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'" <
> jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx>, "'Bjorn Kjerfve'" <kjerfve at tamu.edu>, "'Dean
> Milliken'" <milliken at marine.usf.edu>, "'Bill Wiebe'" <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>, "'Dale Webber'" <dale.webber at uwimona.edu.jm>,
> "'J.C.. Zieman'" <jcz at virginia.edu>, "'George F. Warner'" <
> georgewarner261 at btinternet.com>, "'Jeremy Woodley'" <jdwoodley at yahoo.co.uk>,
> "'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'" <GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU>,
> "'Caribbean Coral Reefs'" <carib-coral-reefs at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:12 PM
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> Dear Colleagues, instead of developing a protocol to? assess
> impact of lionfish on small fish populations,? It seems to me that we
> should ?invest
> some energy ?into ?developing a protocol ?to efficiently eradicate it ASAP,
> so
> we do not have to assess their impact in small fish populations.
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> From: Georgina Bustamante
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:25 PM
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> To: 'Bruce Potter, IRF'; 'John Ogden'
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> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman';
> 'George
> F. Warner'; 'Jeremy Woodley'; 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute';
> 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'
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> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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> campam at yahoogroups.com [mailto:campam at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
> Potter, IRF
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:02 PM
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> To: John Ogden
>
> Cc: Campam; Coral List; Jaime Garzon-Ferreira; Carolina Bastidas;
> Rahanna Juman; Ernesto Weil; Eric Jordan-Dahlgren; Bjorn Kjerfve; Dean
> Milliken; Bill Wiebe; Dale Webber; J.C. Zieman; George F. Warner; Jeremy
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> Subject: Re: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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> John -- I agree, and I thought that someone at NOAA or RSMAS
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> announced some time back that there was an established reporting
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> bruce potter
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> At 9:44 AM -0500 5/4/09, John Ogden wrote:
>
> >Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>
> >opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>
> >region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>
> >communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>
> >is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>
> >appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>
> >futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>
> >It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>
> >lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>
> >
>
> >Cheers all.
>
> >>
>
> >> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>
> >> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>
> >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>
> >> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>
> >> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>
> >> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky]
> to GCFINet.
>
> >>
>
> >> Hi all,
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
> caught
>
> >> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They
> have
>
> >> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>
> >> islands, and in all habitats.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> By island we have:
>
> >>
>
> >> Grand Cayman - 44;
>
> >>
>
> >> Cayman Brac - 8;
>
> >>
>
> >> Little Cayman - 38.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained
> severe
>
> >> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
> have so
>
> >> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
> Brac we
>
> >> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>
> >> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
> having
>
> >> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
> of
>
> >> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> Bradley C. Johnson
>
> >> Research Officer
>
> >> Department of Environment
>
> >> Cayman Islands Government
>
> >> PO Box 486
>
> >> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>
> >> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>
> >> 345-949-8469 Office
>
> >> 345-244-4168 Direct
>
> >> 345-949-4020 Fax
>
> >>
>
> >> Website www.doe.ky
>
> >>
>
> >>
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> >>
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>
> >University of South Florida
>
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>
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>
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>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: andrew ross <andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: Coral List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> Will and Mark,
> My question was a little leading- do you suppose that the lack of this
> elaborate/extensive refuge habitat may somehow be facilitating the
> success/spread of this invader and its eventual impact, particularly on
> artisanal reef-fisheries?
> To rephrase Mark's observations- a tractor can't corner rabbits against a
> cattle fence.
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> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) <M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG> wrote:
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> > From: Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) <M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG>
> > Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com, "Coral List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:06 PM
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> > Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs
> > and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their
> > pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap
> > small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces
> > than most branching corals would provide.
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> > Mark Tupper
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of
> > andrew ross
> > Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> > To: Coral List
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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> > Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the
> > branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native
> > reefs?
> > Andrew
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:08:06 -0400
> From: "John Marr" <jmarr at perryinstitute.org>
> Subject: [Coral-List] position available
> To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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