August 4, 2015 — FLORIDA –Curt Clawson, R-Bonita Springs, has introduced a bill that would ban importing all 11 lionfish species, including the nine that have not been found in U.S. waters.

The bill would not interfere with the selling of fish fillets, which encourages to help eliminate the fish in Florida waters.

The bill was introduced last week.

Lionfish are an invasive species and can consume up to 40 juvenile sports fish per day, lay up to 2 million eggs per year and has no natural predators in the Western Hemisphere.

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