Poisonous lion fish worth 150 liras is sold out in Turkey

Efforts are underway to control the population of the balloon and lionfish, which come from the Red Sea and harm fishermen and fish in the Mediterranean. Experts recommend consuming the lionfish, whose meat is rich in protein because it eats fish fry and eggs, to control the population. The lionfish, which attracts attention with its colorful and different appearance, can only be fished with a spear. In order to hunt the fish, divers dive to a depth of 5 meters in the summer, while in winter they have to go deeper because the water temperature changes. In the face of the increasing demand, most of the customers who came to the fish market were asking for lion fish. The fish weighing 150 liras is consumed the next day after being caught on the counter. After the poisonous thorny parts are cut off, the lionfish is no different from other fish species. Since there is no poison in its meat, it can be consumed safely. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality also included lion fish in the ...