REEF/Stuart Cove's Lionfish Trip
Text and images Copyright © 2008 Stephen Garriga. All rights reserved.
In addition to collecting and organising reef health surveys, REEF runs a number of special projects.
Among those is a study of the spread of lionfish (an invasive species) along the US eastern seaboard and Caribbean.
Catch the fishies...

Dodge the sharks...

Land the catch...

Euthanize...

Samples awaiting study...

A disection in progress...

The Problem...
The end of a long day...
Also checkout George's slideshow on Picasa