Here Are The Reasons
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Souvik Nag
This fish can live in multiple coastal habitats, including coral reefs and mangroves, and at depths ranging from close to shore to more than 300 meters.
Lionfish have few natural predators in their native habitat and no native predators in the Atlantic and Caribbean regions.
lionfish multiply quickly; a single female spawns more than 2 million eggs per year. It is a huge number to become top of the food chain in the coral ecosystem.
More than 75 percent of coral reefs are already threatened. An unchecked lionfish invasion, on top of these threats, could possibly lead to irreversible changes to Caribbean reef ecosystems.
In a region where more than 42 million people are very dependent on coral reefs for food and livelihoods. Lionfish invasion could have serious socioeconomic implications.
Lionfish could even impact the Caribbean’s $2.1 billion dive tourism industry. Moreover, Divers, swimmers, and fishermen are also at risk of being stung by the venomous lionfish.
From 1999 to 2022, the population of lionfish has increased drastically. From the coastal areas of New York to the coastal areas of Guatemala.
As lionfish populations grow, they put additional stress on coral reefs. As a by-product algal bloom can happen suddenly.