Lionfish(native to China and India have begun to show up in numbers in the Florida Keys. That is not surprising as they are already well enough establishked in the Bahamas to attract divers and entrepenures to organize hunts for them.

In case you want to start your own iradication program or Lionfish hunt; here's some reclipes from the bahamian web site Lionfishhunter.com :
www.lionfishhunter.com


Take pancake mix, lemon pepper, milk and egg mix together / dip the lionfish with slits cut on the side in the batter then deep fry / make a dipping sauce out of mayonnaise hot sauce, salt, pepper, and finely chopped fresh cilantro / Serve with homemade deep fried shoestring potatoes cole slaw and a slice of lime.



Grind a hot pepper in salt / cut slits in the side of the lionfish (head on) and rub the spicy salt all over the body of the fish / hard pan fry with peanut oil 1/4” deep. Serve with peas and rice, home made macaroni and cheese, and cole slaw with hot sauce.

There are 18 more recipes on that web site along with a lot more information about lionfish and lionfish hunting
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Great looking site and now I can't wait to help eradicate the invasive Lionfish. They are an easy to shoot fish and now I'll see whether they are at all tasty.