[Coral-List] On the preparation of LionFish for eating

Lane W dryland404 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 31 08:26:57 EDT 2015


Thank you all for your responses. Megan, Leslie, Kelli.
Thomas, I re-posted your response for reference.


On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Thomas Murphy <thomasmurphy at live.com>
wrote:

> Other than avoiding the spines while preparing the fish for cooking (heat
> denatures the neurotoxin) there's not much necessary for prepping lionfish.
> There are a wide variety of techniques that have been tested that you can
> find easily on YouTube for detailed instructions, but the main focus of
> these are "don't get pricked". Removal of the spines isn't necessary once
> the venom has been neutralized, but is advised just as a precaution. I've
> seen many videos on removing spines before neutralizing the venom through
> heat, but also have seen one where ice water was used immediately after
> catch which seems useful in preventing accidental stings while prepping.
>
> You are right in assuming that netting them in reef environments would be
> a terrible method of collection, and some areas in the Caribbean have
> already begun to host spearfishing derbies. Although lionfish are
> venomous, their spines are only used defensively, so they're quite easy to
> catch as they are typically unafraid. FDFW and other groups in Florida
> have embraced this (
> http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/lionfish/events/) along
> with other island nations, in hopes of creating a grassroots movement that
> has so far been very successful. In SW Florida, there are far more
> sponge/algal reefs than coral, facilitating netting, but this still has a
> wide variety of negative impacts compared to the targeted killing by spear
> or rod and reel (through catch and release of bycatch).
>
> If you'd like more information, do let me know and I'll happily put you in
> touch with some experts more readily knowledgeable.
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------
> Thomas A. Murphy
> Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center
> Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
> 2030 SE Marine Science Dr.
> Newport, OR 97365
> Phone - 631.241.1599
>
>
> > From: dryland404 at gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:04:38 -0400
> > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > Subject: [Coral-List] On the preparation of LionFish for eating
> >
> > I saw on the news that Florida Restaurants are asking fisherman to start
> > netting Lion Fish.
> >
> > http://www.flmrg.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=238
> >
> > "SW Florida restaurants urging fisherman to cast for lionfish
> > <http://www.flmrg.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=238>"
> >
> > I see two possible issues with this.
> > 1. They tend to hang out around the reefs, so netting is not a great
> policy
> > I would think around reefs and coral.
> > and
> > 2. more of a question. Is there something besides removing the spines
> that
> > is necessary to make them non poisonous?
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