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Eating Invasive Species

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An invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean1 Sea has led the European Union to promote the animal as a food. The goal is to control the lionfish’s rapidly growing population.

“Wanted” says the poster of a lionfish on Larnaca Marina, in Cyprus. Dead or fried. Or even grilled3, or in a pasta dish.

The lionfish may be known to people who keep fish as pets. Its brightly colored stripes and fins5 look beautiful. However, its back fins are poisonous, its sting is toxic6 and it eats other fish. It also reproduces quickly: Lionfish lay up to 30,000 eggs every four days.

And it has no known predators7. At least, not yet.

Periklis Kleitou is a researcher at the University of Plymouth. “We hope that humans can become the enemy of the lionfish in the Mediterranean,” he said. Kleitou spoke8 to the Reuters news agency during a recent expedition off Larnaca.

Christos Giovannis led the expedition. He said, “Four years ago you were lucky to see one [lionfish], and everyone would take a picture, saying ‘wow.’ Now if you dive there, there are thousands.”

Scientists say climate change and an enlargement of the Suez Canal have allowed species that normally live in the Indo-Pacific to come to the Mediterranean.

Since early 2019, teams of divers9 have been swimming in the water around Cyprus in a campaign to reduce lionfish numbers.

Chefs have also given public classes on how to gut10 the fish. They also suggest ways to cook it – like deep frying or putting it on the barbecue.

Fans of the fish say it is delicious.

“Lionfish can be prepared in many different ways. On the grill2, fried ... whichever way you want,” said local chef Stelios Georgiou. “As long as you remove the spine11, which contains the venom12, you can serve it like a normal fish.”

I’m John Russell.

Words in This Story

stripe – n. a long, narrow line of color

fin4 – n. a thin flat part that sticks out from the body of a fish and is used in moving or guiding the fish through water

toxic – adj. containing poisonous substances

expedition – n. a journey especially by a group of people for a specific purpose (such as to explore a distant place or to do research)

gut – v. to remove the internal organs from (a fish or an animal)


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1 Mediterranean ezuzT     
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
参考例句:
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
2 grill wQ8zb     
n.烤架,铁格子,烤肉;v.烧,烤,严加盘问
参考例句:
  • Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
  • I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
3 grilled grilled     
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后,警察才放他走。
  • He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问,直到他承认为止。
4 fin qkexO     
n.鳍;(飞机的)安定翼
参考例句:
  • They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
  • The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。
5 fins 6a19adaf8b48d5db4b49aef2b7e46ade     
[医]散热片;鱼鳍;飞边;鸭掌
参考例句:
  • The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关,与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
  • Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句
6 toxic inSwc     
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
参考例句:
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
7 predators 48b965855934a5395e409c1112d94f63     
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 );奴役他人者(尤指在财务或性关系方面)
参考例句:
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
9 divers hu9z23     
adj.不同的;种种的
参考例句:
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
10 gut MezzP     
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
参考例句:
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
11 spine lFQzT     
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊
参考例句:
  • He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
  • His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
12 venom qLqzr     
n.毒液,恶毒,痛恨
参考例句:
  • The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
  • In fact,some components of the venom may benefit human health.事实上,毒液的某些成分可能有益于人类健康。

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