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Citizen Science: NOAA’s 2025 Lionfish Invitational Research Expedition Opportunity

by | Jan 29, 2025 | Marine, News & Notes | 0 comments

Advanced scuba divers who are Nitrox certified and meet other requirements can apply to join this ongoing effort, which includes lionfish removal, lionfish capture, and support of ongoing scientific research in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. There is a $850 fee to join an expedition this year, if your application is accepted.
Advanced scuba divers who are Nitrox certified and meet other requirements can apply to join this ongoing effort, which includes lionfish removal, lionfish capture, and support of ongoing scientific research in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. There is a $850 fee to join an expedition this year, if your application is accepted.

via NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Apply now to participate in the 2025 Lionfish Invitational!

The Lionfish Invitational is a research-based citizen science expedition to remove invasive lionfish from Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and its surroundings. https://www.lionfishinvitational.com/

There are four trips planned this year:
June 22-26
July 20-24
August 18-22
September 21-25

All trip activities within the sanctuary are conducted under federal permits.
Applications are due by midnight on March 1, 2025.

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Watch a video from participants in past expeditions:

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