Preserve nature with 'arowana dishes'

Oceanographic conservationists have come up with a simple formula to counteract the expansion of arowanas that are destroying the reef-dwelling creatures that feed on them.

The arowana (lionfish, scientific name pterois) is a very beautiful marine fish, the finnely finned fish is immersed and I have red (or green) red stripes which are not native fish suddenly ' landed ' on the bottom of Florida Bay. , invading the territory of the long-lived creatures here, destroying these species causes an ecological imbalance that has not been fully evaluated. How to prevent their attack wisely?

The arowana is beautiful but very aggressive.

Key Largo Reef Reef Foundation thinks of a very interesting 'trick'. They have just published an eye-catching presentation book, " The Lionfish Cookbook", which gathers 45 recipes for special dishes from them with attractive introduction. and giving a slogan ' Don't enjoy them is a waste of life .' It is worth noting that the author of this well-selling book is Dr. Lad Akins, a famous scientist and project leader Bao. The reef remains, collaborating with a top American chef, Tricia Ferguson.

Arowana is a ferocious fish that eats the wide-spread oceanic bottom benthic creatures with lion-like poisonous thorns (English called lion fish) originating from the South Pacific, Indian Ocean and Hong Hai.

They expand rapidly into the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans, are voracious and eat most other fish, shrimp and crabs are thriving in Florida Bay, where the world famous coral reef is located. Many scientists have classified arowanas as one of 15 fierce fish species, threatening global biodiversity.

Fishermen and divers discovered this when they attacked local fish populations and proliferated very quickly.

Meanwhile, the US Coral Reef Conservation Society has not yet obtained a government budget and has not yet found any effective scientific means to destroy them. Dr. Lad Akins discusses with a needs-making food, a arowana market and believes that the immediate need will help protect local ecosystems. Nothing better turns them into a culinary specialty to destroy them before it's too late.

Why are the arowana fish coming here, so far away from their homeland? US researchers believe that arowanas reach the Gulf of Florida due to Hurricane Andrews in 1992, when the Aquarium in the coastal area, where the display is a strange fish for everyone to see, is broken. At least six arowanas escape into the sea at Biscayne Bay in Miami and they are the 'waterfowl' of the arowana here.

Besides the attractive ads for curiosity, people eat arowanas and beautiful pictures of them, the cookbook called ' Caribbean Specialties ' does not hide the scientific purpose of the people. author, present the harmful effects of arowanas on the ecosystem. The chefs will surely see their work more meaningful, while providing diners with a delicious food and contributing to environmental protection.

Akins said that arowanas living in coral reefs can be caught by nets, fishing or other methods, but he advises people to wear gloves to avoid being stabbed by the poisonous spikes of fish.

Unlike puffer fish (fugu) that can be swollen like a ball, spread poisonous spikes around, more brown than brown and for Japanese as a precious dish, the processing requires the hands of chefs High occupation (certified) because the small negligence can be fatal to diners , then with Arowana, according to Akins, equally delicious meat is safe and does not contain venom. 'The venom is only found in thorns. When processing, high temperature will cause the sting to decompose, even if there is no thorns, it is not toxic. Getting the thorns is simple '.

Akins said he hoped the cookbook would create a market of arowanas, through which to kill this fish. But he was not sure whether the dishes made from ' splendid invaders ' on the menu would please visitors to bath on Miami beach.

" Certainly the arowana specialties will appear on the menu of many other countries in the Florida Gulf such as the Bahamas, Turks, Caicos, Dominican Republic, Mexico . because destroying them requires a common coordination of all over the region , 'Dr. Akins called on other countries when they were attacked by arowanas to apply this ' trick ', which he was a" very amateur "author could buy on websites.