Invasion of venomous lionfish menaces the Keys

Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 1:21 p.m.
A popular aquarium import, the species wreaks havoc on native fish populations...

...At French Reef, 30 feet below the ocean's surface, Sea Dwellers dive instructor Dave Jefferiss was on a mission to find and capture one of the gorgeous but dreaded new invaders of the Florida Keys: a lionfish.

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