Poisonous thorn lionfish adorns the tables in Turkey

Published Jul 9, 2021

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The Antalya Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey has launched a campaign to popularize the consumption of lionfish, an invasive species that has made its way from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean due to global warming. The campaign, which includes adding lionfish to the menu of a local restaurant, aims to provide economic value to the species and reduce its impact on the ecosystem. The restaurant will serve the lionfish, which is poisonous only in its fins, with a special cleaning procedure to ensure safety. The municipality will also host a Lion Fish Hunting Competition and Tasting Festival on July 11 to further promote the consumption of the species.

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Consumption of lionfish with poisonous spines, which have migrated from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea with the opening of the Suez Canal and rapidly multiply under the influence of global warming, threaten the existing ecosystem. Fisheries and Fisheries General Manager of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. With the participation of Altuğ Atalay and Antalya Governor Ersin Yazıcı, the barbed fins of the lionfish, which are grilled and eaten, are poisonous, but there is no poison in their meat. Its WEIGHT is 85, its PORTION is 45 TL Antalya Metropolitan Municipality has started an application to popularize the consumption of lion fish. Lionfish entered the menu of the fish restaurant in Düden Park, where the Düden Waterfall in Lara, which belongs to EKDAĞ, a subsidiary of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, spills into the sea. Lion fish purchased from fishermen in the region are offered at the restaurant's fish counter for 85 TL per kilogram. Its portion is ...

Source: Antalyaekspres