Journal article
Controlling an Invasive Species through Consumption: The Case of Lionfish as an Impure Public Good
Ecological economics, Vol.149, pp.74-79
07/01/2018
Web of Science ID: WOS:000433014500007
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Abstract
Lionfish (Pterois) are an invasive species in United States and Caribbean waters. First detected along the Florida coasts in the mid-1980s, their populations have increased dramatically in the past two decades as a result of having no known predators outside of their native habitat (Indo-Pacific). Lionfish were likely introduced into Florida waters after being released from aquariums, either intentionally as owners tired of maintaining them as pets or unintentionally from the destruction caused by hurricanes (Goddard, 2008). The rapidly growing population of lionfish is stressing the already fragile natural reefs in the Gulf of Mexico and is threatening commercial and recreational fisheries (such as the grouper and snapper fisheries). Local, state and federal regulatory agencies are actively looking for ways to reduce the population of lionfish, either to a stock size small enough to be commercially sustainable without disrupting native species or driving the stock down toward eradication.
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- Title
- Controlling an Invasive Species through Consumption: The Case of Lionfish as an Impure Public Good
- Publication Details
- Ecological economics, Vol.149, pp.74-79
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Copyright
- © 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
- Identifiers
- WOS:000433014500007; 99380171955306600
- Academic Unit
- Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business; Commerce
- Language
- English