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The South Carolina Aquarium is hosting a monthlong JuLionfish Derby to bring awareness to the invasive species still roaming the state.
In recent years, the Indo-Pacific lionfish — a dramatically striped, finned and armored aquarium fish — has invaded Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs. It has been spotted off the Southeastern ...
You may have never heard of the Lionfish, but this invasive, venomous fish species is ravaging the Atlantic Ocean and you can help stop it by consuming it.
Join my friends and me as we embark on a lionfish hunting adventure! Watch as we successfully catch one and introduce it to the aquarium. #Lionfish #Aquarium ...
The JuLionfish Festival at the SC Aquarium returns for its third year on Friday, July 26.This event aims tobring guests up-close and personal with the invasive ...
Preparing and eating lionfish might sound intimidating. Those who attend the South Carolina Aquarium's JuLionfish Festival will have the chance to learn from local chefs just how approachable this ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The second JuLionfish Festival will take place on July 28 at the South Carolina Aquarium to raise awareness of an elusive and invasive lionfish species. The event will ...
The lionfish has breached a formidable obstacle: the Amazon-Orinoco river plume, which flows into the Atlantic from northeastern Brazil.
The red lionfish are indigenous to the west Pacific Ocean, but they're starting to pop up off the Texas coast. It's believed that the takeover started in Florida when aquarium owners released them ...
As the majestic lionfish glides through the ocean, its eighteen spines ripple like silk scarves in a breeze. This flashiest of fishes, with its eye-catching brown or reddish and white stripes ...
For the last several years the South Carolina Aquarium has hosted the Julionfish Festival. Julionfish, a combination of the month the festival is held, July, and the fish they’re after, the Lionfish.