Invasion of the Lionfish: Impact and Action from Southern Eleuthera

Created for the Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Insular Caribbean (MTIASIC) Project Invasive Alian Species Video Competition. www.ciasnet.org/
Lionfish are an invasive species off the East Coast of the United States, The Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Lionfish were first sighted of the coast of Florida in the early 1980's and appeared in The Bahamas in 2004. Since then they have continued to multiply and inhabit almost every marine eco system in the Carribean and Bahamas, including the coast of Southern Eleuthera.
This is their story told by three young Eleutherans and a verteran fisherman.
Narrated by:
Trevonya Pinder
Dashae Clarke
Garric Sweeting
Music:
"Lonely Organ" by Broke for Free
"The Lionfish Song" by Kristal Ambrose, performed by the Deep Creek Middle School 8th graders.
Maps provided by Google Earth: Image Landsat & Image IBCAO; Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO
Filmed with:
Nikon D610 w/ Tamron SP 24-70 f2.8
GoPro Hero3 Black w/ Snake River Prototyping BlurFix3 CYD filter
GoPro Hero3+ Silver
Written, directed, and filmed by Will Strathmann