Climate change helps invasive species thrive in the Mediterranean

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Marine biologists in Cyprus are tracking and controlling the spread of invasive species such as the lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea. It's part of a growing number of newcomers from the Red Sea and beyond that are displacing native species, reshaping food chains and threatening fisheries, experts say. - REUTERS

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00:06It has been a few decades where we have

00:09seen observations of lionfish in the Mediterranean.

00:27In the Eastern Mediterranean it's especially prevalent because of where we are through the Suez Canal.

00:34A lot of their population aggregates here and then migrates further west.

00:44That affects the local biodiversity as well as the economy

00:51because people are not interested in some of them, some of them cannot be consumed

00:58so fishermen unfortunately suffer.

01:14I believe the lionfish is more like a bacteria paste.

01:20It's very similar to grouper.

01:22Because the flesh is thicker, it will stay juicy after cooking.

01:28People were afraid because they listened that it's venomous.

01:32It's completely safe after it's riddled from professionals because the venom is not in the flesh.

01:40So it of course is due to the

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