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He is thinking what exactly??
Gary Haas submitted - 'You've gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk??"

Gary won 6 days of diving for 1 person, good until November 15th 2010; black out dates October 3-10 2009 and December 20th 2009-January 4th 2010.

Thank you to all that participated in our contest.

Why the interest?
Indo-pacific Red Lionfish Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are a non-native invasive species that have been documented along the entire US East Coast from Florida through Massachusetts, east to Bermuda and south throughout the Bahamas and in other Caribbean nations such as Turks and Caicos and Cuba. The expansion has been extremely rapid and exponential in scope.
 

Non-native marine fishes can pose a major threat to marine fisheries, habitats and eco-system function. Increased reports of non-native species and the successful invasion of lionfish in Atlantic waters have proven the need for early warning and rapid response to confirmed sightings. Members from REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) were down in Provo at the end of last year to educate Dive Provo staff on the Lionfish problem and to show us the most expedient way to remove the fish from dive sites. The Dive Provo staff are now showing interested divers how to catch Lionfish and are also removing Lionfish from dive sites on a regular basis.

For more information on invasive Lionfish and on other important environmental issues where you as a diver can help visit http://www.reef.org/programs/exotic/lionfish