There are lots of Lionfish around Florida, and people have come up with all kinds of recipes for them:
<a href="http://www.lionfishhunters.org/Recipes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lionfishhunters.org/Recipes.html</a><p>There are also Lionfish derbies to encourage people to kill them:
<a href="http://www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies" rel="nofollow">http://www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies</a><p>I spearfish near Tampa every once in a while and was always told to kill Lionfish on sight. The state now has a special exemption that allows spearfishing of Lionfish in areas where spearfishing is normally illegal.