Chicken or beef? Or…lionfish? The best solution to eliminating an invasive species might just be to eat it…

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Can’t Eliminate an Invasive Species? Try Eating It.

An , the lionfish is devastating reef fish populations along the Florida coast and into the Caribbean. Now, an increasing number of environmentalists, consumer groups and scientists are seriously testing a novel solution to control it and other aquatic invasive species – one that would also takes pressure off depleted ocean fish stocks: they want Americans to step up to their plates and start eating invasive critters in large numbers.