Person of the Week

Martha's quest is to do all possible to aid in the protection of the marine environment in the waters of Antigua West Indies. She is planning a major International Lionfish Derby that is now planned for June 2021 in Antigua.

Owner of Forever Young Charter Company, Captain Tony has an ongoing effort of removing invasive Lionfish. Each year we eradicate thousands of Lionfish with visitors from all over the world.

Carol is the Financial Officer and Volunteer Research Diver for Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association. She spends summers doing volunteer work surveying the condition of the artificial reefs to learn which designs are most beneficial to the marine habitat.

Co-founder of Clear This Fish Foundation. We've been teaching regular divers to do lionfish hunting expeditions and between dives we teach them how to manipulate the fish and taste some of our catches at the moment in delicious Sashimi.

Dr. Aylin Ulman is currently working on understanding pufferfish and lionfish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine invasions are super interesting to study, because the species are continually adapting, so it gives us a chance to understand many changes in a short time.

Christy and Ryan are co-owners of Nudi Wear. They do monthly beach and ocean cleanups on Oahu and surrounding islands. They have removed over 5000 lbs of debris from the oceans and beaches of Hawaii this year so far.

Lionfish Hunter helping to fight the lionfish invasion in Curacao since 2009. Lisette teaches lionfish hunting, sells the fish, makes lionfish jewelry, and organizes lionfish events.

Educates others on the importance of getting rid of the Lionfish fish and through training them to teach, hunt and spear them in Negril, Jamaica.

Neil van Niekerk participated in a study published in Little Cayman that demonstrated for the first time, that the population density of Lionfish could be effectively managed using divers, through culling systematically on the reefs. This method has been adopted in almost all Caribbean countries and elsewhere, including areas in the Mediterranean Sea.

Walt Deelman is major supporter of the work to control the invasive lionfish problem! After discovering the concern himself 6 years ago, he came up with a well balanced, lightweight and affordable lionfish specific polespear that most can afford.

Fine Artist, Owner of Kindled Arts and Art by Aaron Lynn. Aaron became involved with the lionfish community roughly 5 -7 years ago when he was introduced to lionfish within the restaurant industry.

Stacy has been an avid SCUBA diver since 1973 and lives to dive. She has an enduring passion for ocean conservation and co-founded Lionfish University with JV Hart in 2012. Their goal is to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining these fragile ecosystems in the global community, and to fund efforts to mitigate the devastating effects of this invasive species.