By Divers Alert Network With their fanlike fins and melancholy stares, lionfish are now a fixture at many popular dive sites in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Though native to the Indo-Pacific, their populations exploded throughout the Atlantic due to a lack of predators. In addition to wreaking havoc on …

Text by Ian Stalker Lionfish that venture into Dominica waters may end up on a journey that transforms them from predators to prey to pendants. Lionfish are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans but were introduced into Caribbean waters inadvertently or otherwise and have become a major problem …