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REGIONAL: Bajans told to eat more lionfish to reduce invasive species
Regional / World
November 22, 2022

REGIONAL: Bajans told to eat more lionfish to reduce invasive species

Barbados Today – Barbadians are being encouraged to include the invasive lionfish species in their diet.

The advice came as Minister of the Environment and Beautification Adrian Forde disclosed that research on the species was being carried out to determine how pervasive it is in the island’s waters.

“I know we have a problem with lionfish. Lionfish have created havoc in our reefs and our oceans, eating a lot of the potential fish and destroying species, but we have started in our ministry to do research on the lionfish and its population along with the Barbados Tourism [Investment Inc.] and [other] players to make it a part of the Barbadian diet,” said Forde.

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey supported the call for Barbadians to catch and eat more lionfish as he expressed concern that some fishermen were catching juvenile dolphin fish and overfishing other species.

“I would like to encourage Barbadians to reduce the intake of pot fish, only because the pot fish is what is protecting the coral. If they want to eat fish, eat more lionfish. Take out the venomous part of the spine and eat more lionfish. Lionfish now has to become a part of the way we do our diet,” said Humphrey.

He said in addition to teaching residents how to safely prepare the fish for consumption, he wanted to see a competition in catching, preparing and serving lionfish introduced.

“…Because the lionfish is destroying all of the other fish. These things are gluttonous. They are eating everything and if we care about the biodiversity of the ocean we have to find a way to get rid of the [lionfish],” Humphrey insisted.

He said the promised Fisheries Management Regulations to tighten the parameters surrounding fishing and bring greater order to the industry were still before the Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

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Among other things, the new regulations will address the type of fishing gear to be used as well as the size, species and weight of fish that can be caught, and outline the opening and closing of fishing seasons.

Insisting that the draft regulations were critical, Humphrey expressed concern about the practice of catching juvenile dolphins and passing them off as “a new kind of dolphin”.

“If you go to any of the markets now you see people telling me they have dolphins in those blue crates –15 and 16 dolphins no bigger than a flying fish or the way flying fish used to be – trying to convince Barbadians that these are a new kind of dolphin . . . . They know they are catching dolphins and other fish that are undersized and they continue to catch these fish that are undersized and sell them to Barbadians under the pretence that it is a new kind of dolphin.

“The ones I am talking about are the baby ones that people are selling to Barbadians, for a lot of money too, and damaging the ocean space in so doing. Some of the fish vendors will tell you they [are] only selling it because they got to eat . . . but this new regulation will ban that,” said Humphrey.

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