Person of the Week

Christine SCUBA dives off Palm Beach or Martin counties hunting for lionfish maxing out at probably 100 ft with her Stuart SCUBA buddies or in the intracoastal waterway near inlets or under docks freediving with her small pole spear and lion-inn (where the lionfish check in but they don’t check out). She also creates lionfish jewelry.

Ron Bell is a lionfish hunter in Aruba and helping to eradicate this highly invasive species from our beautiful coral reefs. Kill 'em and Eat 'em!

A lionfish hunter who has removed over 3000 lionfish. During the past five years, Lukas has loved helping the underwater environment in Aruba by spearing lionfish! Lukas is an ALFI Reef Ranger, ALFI Certification Instructor and soon to be a PADI Dive Instructor. He currently is a PADI Divemaster for Aruba Fly & Dive.

Sherrie is a Veteran, Master Captain, PADI Master Scuba diver that is diving year round off Pensacola, Destin and Panama City, to help eradicate invasive lionfish.

Richard Reysack is helping eradicate lionfish from our coastal waters. In the last lionfish tournament his team removed 234 lionfish from the area!

Canicio has been diving for more then 20 years and has many PADI specialties. He has been active in a special commission for nature, where he is nearly the only voice for the Aruban waters. 

Fabio Buitrago has spent the last 3o years working for the conservation of natural resources and has seen our resources diminishing quickly.

Patrick has built the Lionfish Snack Aruba dedicated to lionfish food. He hunts during the week with local foundations, Caribbean Lionfish Alliance, and Aruba Reef Care. He is also in the process of building 9 deep water traps designed by Dr. Steve Gittings.

For ten years Kelly Harris and her husband Jay have vacationed throughout the Caribbean and Florida spearing lionfish. Kelly spots and Jay spears the lionfish.

Jay Harris and his wife Kelly spend three months a year in Curaçao spearing lionfish. He plans to experiment with lionfish traps during this next trip.

Richard Periut, M.D. hopes to eradicate the pervasive Lionfish from waters in which they don't belong and enjoys eating the Lionfish caught in Aruba by friend Roger J. Muller Jr.

Nick Vogelaar, a rescue diver, associated with Caribbean Lionfish Alliance & Pure Diving Aruba helps to remove lionfish on the rough side of Aruba.