Lebanese fisherman Hassan Younes has been diving the same waters off his coastal...
SARAFAND, Lebanon - Lebanese fisherman Hassan Younes has been diving the same waters off his coastal hometown for three decades but has never seen anything like this year as native species disappear and invasive lionfish take their place.
Environmentalists and marine biologists say because of the 2015 expansion and deepening of the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, and warming waters resulting from global climate changeThe rapid expansion of the lionfish is also being felt more widely, threatening coral reefs and fish stocks.
Lionfish, a predatory venomous fish native to the nearby Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific, is pictured after a catch in Sarafand, Lebanon June 20, 2019. Picture taken June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ali HashishoFisherman Atallah Siblini, who specializes in spearhunting, said he started seeing the fish three years ago but it was rare.
“It eats a lot and breeds all year long so it is very easy for it to disturb the ecological balance,” said Jina Talj, an environmentalist. “The biggest problem we face is lack of knowledge among the public about the sea. So how can we save it if we don’t know what we have?” she said.
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