Lionfish removals in Protaras

On the 12th of May 2020, a total of five members (from: the “ENALIA PHYSIS – Environmental Research Centre”, the “AP Marine Environmental Consultancy”, the “Department of Fisheries and Marine Research” and “RATs” of the diving center “Scuba Base” in Ayia Napa) implemented successful lionfish removals from the areas of “Nemesis”, “Liberty” and “Structures”, in Protaras. The divers removed 17 lionfish from “Nemesis”, while another 4 escaped. They also removed 17 lionfish from the “Liberty”, from where another 5 lionfish were not caught. Following the removal that took place on the 11th of May 2020 at the “Structures” area, the divers repeated another lionfish removal at the area from where they were able to remove another 42 lionfish, even though 15 more had escaped.