M
y boyfriend, Sean, and I had a day off from the dive shop where we work in
Grand Cayman, and we decided to make the most of the beautiful condi-
tions and head out on a couple of lionfish-culling dives. As licensed cullers,
Sean and I set out on an afternoon boat trip with our spears, “kill sticks,”
a collection tube and a cooler full of ice to keep our catch fresh for a local
restaurant. Our first dive was bountiful, and we celebrated our haul with a nice, extended surface
interval before hopping in the water for our second dive.
At first, sightings were few and far between, but we soon found a narrow canyon teeming with
large lionfish; they were hiding in every crack and crevice. We took turns entering the canyon, spear-
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B y E l l y W R a y
Revenge of the Lionfish
B E T T Y ORR
The beautiful and
notorious Pterois
volitans
Wray poses with DAN President Dan Orr at
Ocean Frontiers, Grand Cayman.