Eat more lionfish. Save the reef.
Lionfish are invading Caribbean reefs with no natural predators. We fight back with removal, science and a simple idea: put them on the menu.
An invader with no predators.
Lionfish were first seen off Florida in the mid 1980s. Today they eat the small fish that keep Caribbean reefs healthy.
They eat everything
Lionfish eat young reef fish faster than the reef can replace them.
Nothing eats them
In the Atlantic and Caribbean they have no natural predators.
People can help
Divers, fishermen, chefs and diners can all bring their numbers down.
Four ways to fight back.
Education
Teaching communities and visitors why lionfish must go.
Removal
Derbies, spear tournaments and diver culls.
Recipes
Lionfish is delicious. We share recipes to prove it.
Restaurants
A toolkit and a restaurant wall for places that serve it.
Put lionfish on your menu.
Sourcing help, a spot on our restaurant wall and a place to share your dishes.
Working together in Bocas del Toro and beyond.
Join the hunt.
Divers, chefs, restaurants and reef lovers: send us your photos, recipes and removal stories.
steve@stevebender.net