Can you make a silk purse from a sow’s ear?
The citizens of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, are trying. In this case, the dubious item is no part of a pig, but an invasive, rapacious Asian fish that has mushroomed along both coasts of Florida, across the Caribbean, and into the Atlantic as far south as Brazil—the lionfish.
Lionfish reproduce exponentially. They gobble up multitudes of fish a day. Their voracious behavior is threatening the native fish stocks and reef life of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. They have no natural predators.
And they’re really good to eat.
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