Lion-fish-500 Text by Alyson Sheppard; Photograph: Wolcott Henry, National Geographic Animals

Populations of lionfish, a football-size predatory fish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, are exploding in coral reefs in the Bahamas, threatening to destroy native fish schools and the local snorkeling, diving, and kayaking businesses.

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    There’s no harm in bringing them in, in our kitchen and adding them in our menus just to balance the food chain under the sea…

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    This is a problem all around the indian ocean rim. Prisitne popular dive site like Boracay Island and Palawan Island have been effected only just recently.

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