“We’re going to win this one,” said Doug, an instructor at the Islamorada Dive Center, as he peered into the cooler. “I have a good feeling.” It was a balmy February afternoon in the Florida Keys and excitement was high. Since dawn, teams of divers had been scouring reefs with one target in mind—lionfish—but this is not your…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasive lionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website, Facebook page, and Twitter. —–— There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the lionfish invasion in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean, and…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasive lionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website, Facebook page, and Twitter. —–— There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the lionfish invasion in the Western Atlantic, Caribbean, and…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasivelionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website,Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Big problems call for big solutions, and there has been a lot of talk recently about how to…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasivelionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website,Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Big problems call for big solutions, and there has been a lot of talk recently about how to…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasivelionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website,Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Big problems call for big solutions, and there has been a lot of talk recently about how to…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasive lionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website, Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Yesterday I found myself fifty feet below the ocean surface,…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasive lionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website, Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Yesterday I found myself fifty feet below the ocean surface,…
National Geographic Young Explorer Erin Spencer will spend one month in the Florida Keys documenting efforts by beachside locals to contain a recent and dangerous influx of invasive lionfish. Follow along with The Lionfish Project on Explorers Journal, Erin’s project website, Facebook page, and Twitter. —— Yesterday I found myself fifty feet below the ocean surface,…