FWC offers t-shirts for lionfish pics

If you get a picture of a lionfish during the month of April you can turn it into a free t-shirt from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The FWC has started a lionfish photo contest - All you have to do is take a photo of yourself with your lionfish catch and post the photo on Twitter or Instagram with #FWCLionfish.

In return for your efforts, the FWC will send you an official “Lionfish Control Team” T-shirt.

Submitted photos must be your own and they can’t be photoshopped or edited.

Once the photos are reviewed by the FWC, photographers will be contacted to submit the original photo by email and the FWC may use the photos for educational purposes.

The contest began Thursday and will end April 30 or when 150 T-shirts have been given out.

Lionfish are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans but are showing up in greater numbers in Florida waters.

Lionfish are voracious eaters and it’s feared that they could damage native recreational and commercial fish populations.
Lionfish have red and white stripes and fanlike fins that resemble a lion's mane.
They also have a tall row of spines that you need to be careful about because they are extremely poisonous.


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