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[Cupertino95014]

The question is: do all these sport "hunters" make any difference at all in the lionfish population? My guess is No.

We could pay a bounty for killing mosquitos, but it wouldn't be nearly as effective as draining all the standing water, or introducing birth control of some sort.

If I'm right that they're having no effect, then either a CRISPR solution, or introducing a natural predator is the answer (assuming that the predator doesn't introduce its own problems).

[usednet → Cupertino95014]

The article says that there needs to be large scale commercial lionfish hunting to actually solve the problem.

[metachris → usednet]

It also says that the patrolled areas see a population rebound of native fish species.