lionfish

2024 Lionfish Festival coming to Destin

DESTIN, Fla. The 2024 Lionfish Festival is set for May 18-19 in Destin, according to organizers of the Emerald Coast Open.…

11 months ago

30,500 lionfish removed: 2023 Lionfish Challenge winners

FLORIDA -- The 2023 Lionfish Challenge has recently ended, and the winners were announced after an intense competition that lasted…

1 year ago

Okaloosa’s 2023 lionfish tournament sets new record for lionfish removed

DESTIN, Fla. – A new record has been set in Okaloosa County at the recent world’s largest lionfish tournament. Divers…

2 years ago

2023 Lionfish Festival in Destin is May 20-21

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- The 2023 Lionfish Festival is coming to Destin in May. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…

2 years ago

Okaloosa man is Lionfish King: Isaac Jones wins first place in Lionfish Challenge

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- An Okaloosa County man has won the recreational division of the 2022 Lionfish Challenge, and another…

2 years ago

2022 Lionfish Challenge kicks off on May 20

FLORIDA – Florida’s summer-long 2022 Lionfish Challenge tournament begins on Friday, May 20. The Lionfish Challenge, hosted by the Florida…

3 years ago

2022 Lionfish Festival May 14-15 in Destin

DESTIN, Fla. – The 2022 Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival is May 14 and 15 at HarborWalk Village in Destin.…

3 years ago

2021 Lionfish Festival May 15-16 in Destin; vendors and divers wanted

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is excited to announce the 7th annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival May…

4 years ago

2020 Lionfish Challenge winners announced

Here are the 2020 Lionfish Challenge stats below on who took home the top prizes and more. Winners include Joshua…

4 years ago

Niceville man sets new record for Gulf lionfish

NICEVILLE, Fla -- Donald C. Vautrinot of Niceville was spearfishing for red snapper off Destin October 18 when he went…

4 years ago

Compete in the 2020 Lionfish Challenge

The Lionfish Challenge is an incentive program that rewards harvesters for their lionfish removals. With a tiered system, everybody can…

5 years ago

Record number of lionfish removed during tournament

Lionfish hunters from across the United States and the Caribbean descended on Okaloosa County for the Emerald Coast Open Lionfish…

6 years ago

Lionfish Challenge 2018 Update

Blake Russell of Shalimar won $500 and Engel Cooler on June 8, and Joe Livingston of Destin won $500 on June…

7 years ago

Lionfish Challenge comes to a close; 16,609 total removed

The invasive lionfish took a major hit this summer: a total of 16,609 lionfish were removed during the 4.5 month…

8 years ago

Time’s almost up to qualify for an extra spiny lobster via the Lionfish Challenge

Fifty lionfish: That is all it takes to qualify for the Lionfish Challenge. And if you get your 50 now,…

9 years ago

Learn to cook lionfish at Whole Foods Market cooking demo

On Monday, June 27, 2016, Whole Foods Market Destin is taking lionfish to new depths with a cooking demo designed…

9 years ago

Let the Lionfish Challenge begin; may the odds be ever in your favor

Interested in removing lionfish from Florida waters? Participate in the 2016 Lionfish Challenge or the Panhandle Pilot Program reward programs.…

9 years ago

A whopping 8,089 lionfish removed off Pensacola, state size record broken, during second Lionfish Day

Successful is too small of a word to describe the second annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival May 14-15.…

9 years ago

Catch a record lionfish, compete for prizes

It’s big, it’s bold and it’s invasive. But could your lionfish catch be a record? If it is over 477…

9 years ago