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Murray Stanford of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission holds a record-sized bullseye snakehead caught during an "electrofishing" outing in a Margate canal. the 14 pound 3 ounce fish would have been an international record if caught on hook and line (Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via The Miami Herald)

Man Snags Supersnake In Margate Canal

There are records for everything – just read the Guinness Book of World Records. Kelly Gestring, however, owns a record he never expected to attain…and the state biologist who monitors invasive freshwater fish wasn’t exactly thrilled about it.

CBS4–2013/03/16

(Courtesy: Robert Hill, South Florida Water Management)

Monthlong Burmese Python Hunt Ends Sunday

Motivated by cash and curiosity, more than 1,500 hunters are deep in the Everglades on a final push to dent the Burmese python population.

CBS4–2013/02/08

(Source: pythonchallenge.net)

“Python Challenge” Draws Nearly 800 To Hunt Invasive Species

A month-long hunt to eradicate Burmese pythons began Saturday, attracting nearly 800 people to hunt the invasive species on public lands.

CBS4–2013/01/12

A Lionfish swims in a display tank in the aquarium on the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah on August 6, 2008. The Lionfish is a voracious venomous sea predator that uses its stripped spines to corner its prey and swift reflexes to snatch them up and swallow them whole. (Photo credit: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)

1,500 Lionfish Removed From Keys During Derbies

South Florida fisherman removed more than 1,500 invasive lionfish from the waters off the Florida Keys during three lionfish derbies in 2011.

CBS4–2011/11/09

Lionfish

S. Florida’s Lionfish Invasion Spreads To Panhandle

South Florida’s lionfish invasion has spread to the Gulf waters off Florida’s Panhandle.

CBS4–2011/08/30

The Lionfish is a voracious venomous sea predator that uses its stripped spines to corner its prey and swift reflexes to snatch them up and swallow them whole. (Photo credit: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)

Lionfish Invasion Reaches Loxahatchee River

South Florida’s lionfish invasion has spread to the Loxahatchee River, which is a major threat to the local ecosystem.

CBS4–2011/06/23

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