Lionfish Spines

New app to monitor invasive lionfish

2020-12-15

A new app allowing users to monitor the presence of lionfish, an invasive species of fish that has recently proliferated Cyprus’ waters, was launched on

EU grant to fight lionfish

2017-07-18

The University of Cyprus (UCy) has received a €630,000 EU grant to prevent lionfish from ‘invading’ the Mediterranean and to protect marine life, it announced

Concerns over lionfish invasion

2016-06-30

THE numbers of invasive toxic lionfish are rapidly increasing off the Cyprus coast, and while the fisheries department does not sound particularly worried, a Limassol

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