Invasive species solution : eat them

What better way to destroy a species of fish. Put it on the menu and we'll have no more of it in no time! But in all seriousness this have also been suggested for kudzu also known as the vine that ate the south. Apparently it tastes pretty good. And there are fishermen on the Mississippi that have tried turning asian carp into a food fish (my suggestion is the make it into commercial and/or private fish food as well as into dog and cat food). I don't see why it couldn't work for lionfish if they can find a non-invasive way to harvest it from the reefs.

With its dark red and black stripes, spotted fins and long venomous black spikes, the lionfish seems better suited for horror films than consumption. But lionfish fritters and filets may be on American tables soon. Now, if we can figure out a way to make muffins out of foresteria, or French fries out of Tree-of-Heaven, or filets out of multi-flora rose. Goats, maybe? Doug

And if we could get something that eats lamprey and zebra mussels...

I'd eat it!

The lionfish thing came up not long ago on here. A bunch of people said to eat them and I said they were poison but not all of their carcass is poison - I ran across an article later on eating them, apparently it's nothing new. Hunger is the best sauce - we get hungry enough we'll be eating anything that doesn't kill us.

Sup man, what are you having? LION!!!.....FISH! TEE HEE! Ohh you!! -shakes head-

Violence is always an answer. It may not be the right answer, but it is always an answer.

I wonder what they taste like?

Can I get this at Long John's or is this more of a Red Lobster thing?

probably more of a Red Lobster thing.As far as lamprey's go, people did eat them,certainly in the middle Ages and such.I believe they are some relative of the eel.Don't know about Zebra mussels.Lots of people use weed killer on dandelions, but you can eat the leaves, and also make dandelion wine from the flowers.They and plantains,wild mustard, shepherd's purse and other weeds are edible and people in the old days used to gather them and eat them as a tonic.Yeah, if they can be harvested without hurting the reefs or other fish there, go for it.