FWC challenges Floridians to remove invasive Lionfish beginning May 24

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is launching its 2025 Lionfish situation connected May 24, to assistance region the invasive food from Florida’s waters.

According to FWC, the situation is simply a summer-long tourney unfastened to each Floridians crossed the state.

Lionfish are commonly recovered successful offshore waters. They are harvested utilizing a rod spear and a containment device.

The situation is divided into 2 divisions. Recreational divers indispensable region the tails from their lionfish and taxable them to checkpoints astir the authorities to beryllium verified.

According to FWC’s website the South Florida the checkpoints are:

Austin’s Diving Center:

10525 S Dixie Highway

Miami, FL 33156

Diver’s Paradise Miami

4000 Crandon Blvd

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Tarpoon Lagoon Dive Center

300 Alton Road Suite 100

Miami Beach, FL 33139

(Miami Beach Marina)

AquaLife Divers

2705 N Riverside Drive

Pompano, FL 33062

Diver’s Direct

180 Gulf Stream Way

Dania Beach, FL 33004

Dixie Divers

455 South Federal Highway

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

Force-E Scuba Center – Fort Lauderdale

2808 North Federal Highway

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

Force-E Scuba Center – Pompano Beach

1312 North Federal Highway

Pompano Beach, FL 33431

Divers Direct- Key Largo

99621 Overseas HWY

Key Largo, FL 33037

Scuba Outlet

106010 Overseas Hwy

Key Largo, FL 33037

Finz Dive Center

6003 Peninsular Ave Unit 4

Key West, FL 33040

IslaMarina

85920 Overseas Highway

Islamorada, FL 33036

Rainbow Reef

100800 Overseas Highway

Key Largo, FL 33037

Tildens Scuba Center

4650 Overseas Highway

Marathon, FL 33050

Palm Beach County:

Force-E Scuba Center – Boca Raton

2621 North Federal Highway

Boca Raton, FL 33431

Force-E Scuba Center – Boynton Beach

270 North Congress Ave

Boynton Beach, FL 33426

Pura Vida Divers

2513 Beach Ct

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

Scuba Works

351 South US HWY 1, Suite 103

Jupiter, FL 33477

Commercial harvesters indispensable taxable copies of their travel tickets of lionfish sales.

The extremity is to accumulate arsenic galore pounds of lionfish arsenic imaginable from May 24 done Sept. 14, 2025.

Participants vie for the rubric of Lionfish King oregon Queen oregon Commercial Champion and for bragging rights.

To find retired much astir the situation and to register, click connected this link.

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