{"id":2207418,"date":"2026-09-14T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2207418"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:05:19","slug":"why-are-they-killing-this-beautiful-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/why-are-they-killing-this-beautiful-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are they killing this beautiful fish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly invader is taking over Caribbean reefs. In Honduras, local divers are turning the fight against lionfish into a competition.<\/p>\n<p>Lionfish are one of the Caribbean\u2019s most destructive invasive species, capable of devastating native reef fish populations.<\/p>\n<p>In the coastal town of Tela, a group of engineers and divers have built their own specialised spears and transformed lionfish hunting into community hunting derbies, removing hundreds of fish from the reef.<\/p>\n<p>As restaurants begin putting lionfish on the menu, this grassroots effort thinks that one of the best ways to fight an invasive species might be to eat it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The fish everyone wants dead\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8v5dAp6PlQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<div class=\"premium-protection-zone\"><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/short-article\/2026\/09\/why-are-they-killing-this-beautiful-fish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article<\/a> by Sandy Watt<\/em><em> was first published by Mongabay <\/em><em>on 5 September 2026.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 1px solid white;\" \/>\n<h2>Protect Wildlife Before It\u2019s Too Late<\/h2>\n<p>Whether you choose to make a one-time gift or a monthly subscription, you provide the critical funding needed to protect wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Your immediate support makes a life-saving difference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-responsive-cta\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; margin: 32px 0; width: 100%;\"><script id=\"donorbox-popup-button-installer\" type=\"text\/javascript\" defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/install-popup-button.js\"><\/script><a id=\"preview_inline_popup_button\" class=\"dbox-donation-button\" style=\"background: #E53935; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 28px; padding: 12px 32px;\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/focusing-on-wildlife-needs-your-support?default_interval=m&amp;amount=50\" data-reminder-widget-enabled=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Protect Wildlife Now<\/a><script type=\"module\" src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/widgets.js\" async><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-responsive-cta-secure\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; width: 100%;\"><em>&#x1f512; Secure checkout \u2022 Cancel easily anytime \u2022 100% secure<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly invader is taking over Caribbean reefs. In Honduras, local divers are turning the fight against lionfish into a competition. Lionfish are one of the Caribbean\u2019s most destructive invasive species, capable of devastating native reef fish populations. In the coastal town of Tela, a group of engineers and divers have built their own specialised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2207419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/eRgXjEB8Xm9emBgiRJiX6D.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6985,5],"tags":[12877],"class_list":["post-2207418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wildlife","tag-lionfish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}