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NOAA’s National Ocean Service Diving Deeper podcast: Lionfish

In less than a decade, lionfish have become widely established across the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean. Recent estimates indicate that lionfish have surpassed some native species with the highest estimates reporting hundreds per acre in some locations. In today’s Diving Deeper, we explore invasive lionfish with James Morris from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.

via NOAA’s National Ocean Service: April 2012 Podcast Archive.