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Wednesday 15 January 2025

Stay Connected and Relaxed with SETAR in Aruba!

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The Lionfish

And its threat to our marine wild life

(Oranjestad)—Despite its colorful and diet. In other words, the lionfish has population in the area. However, as Controlling the lionfish population is
striking appearance, the lionfish has no predators in the Caribbean Sea. the lionfish feeds off of these tiny fish, challenge, as each female fish can

become a Caribbean-wide problem And this becomes a major problem it becomes harder for the coral reef lay up to 40,000 eggs a day. Luckily,
for Atlantic sea life. The Aruban ma- for our local marine life; if there are to maintain its health. we have people like van Brakel who
rine wild life is also affected by this no predators to stimulate population dedicate their lives hunting and captur-
beautiful dilemma, as it is foreign to control of lionfish, these fish can con- Patrick also shares the origins of lionfish ing these invasive species, using them
our waters and has become a danger tinue to reproduce and expand to in the Caribbean Sea. It is theorized for consumption and jewelry making.
to our local fish and reefs. other parts of the Atlantic, become that the introduction of these fish in the
more invasive and dangerous for other Atlantic happened in Florida, where They are caught with a hand spear, an
Originating from the Indo-Pacific types of fish. people would buy lionfish from across object resembling a garbage picker
Ocean, the lionfish is a relatively small the world to keep in their aquariums. with 4 sharp prongs. These spears are
fish. It has no teeth, but it does protect For Aruba, the lionfish is a problem However, lionfish grow, and as these used like a sling shot to catch lionfish
itself against predators using its sharp, especially for our local coral reefs. Ac- buyers realized that the fish were too from a distance. These fish are then
colorful spikes. It is said that the sting cording to Patrick van Brakel, lionfish much upkeep, they were let out into put into a collecting tube and taken
of a lionfish can be up to 100 times expert and hunter from the Hunting the ocean to roam free. From conti- out of the water. Van Brakel not only
more painful than that of a bee’s sting. Lionfish Aruba foundation, every reef nental USA, the lionfish travelled to and catches them himself, but also cooks
Its natural predators in the Indo-Pa- has a “cleaning station”—tiny fish that invaded the entire Caribbean area, them for locals and tourists at The Li-
cific are sharks and barracudas, but eat algae and other types of waste from Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao up onFish Snack Aruba in Paradera. This
in the Caribbean Sea, local fish do not on a reef, thus maintaining the reef’s to New York. In Aruba, lionfish were way, he does his part in protecting
recognize the lionfish as part of their health and providing food to the fish discovered in 2009. the local wild life. q