As stated in the article...these fish started off in high end aquariums and ended up released back into the sea on the Atlantic side, vs the Pacific side from whence it came. It is a highly invasive species and speaks to the dangers of carefree and careless exotic pet owners not taking responsibility for their purchases and their consequences. The same situation is going on in Florida at the moment with the Burmese Python invasion in the Everglades. Starts off a small manageable 'cool' snake to own, that suddenly gets VERY big and then typically just released into the wild. Sadly, it's those individuals that can singehandly cause environmental disasters.
On a side note...catch AND eat as many of those pesky Lion Fish as you can get your hands on. they are delicious!! So long as you are careful bring them on board your boat, a quick and simple clipping of the frilly fins and the fish is perfectly safe to handle and eat. eat eat eat and ENJOY!! As it stands now, it's a renewable resource!! Capitalize on it!!
Yet again proof that the honest businesses that DO pay their taxes bear the brunt and burden for everyone else who decides they just ain’t gonna pay it for whatever reason. So when is the NEXT tax coming out, or the next vat increase coming out that the already overburdened HONEST tax payer who pays their bills is going to get hit with to reinforce the lost revenues the government doesn’t want to bother chasing after? Stop babying the non-tax payers and really start making an effort to collect the back taxes!! The up front companies really can’t take much more of everyone else’s debt!!
Bahamas has already opened up it's wholesale sector through BFS...owned by SYSCO from the USA. Just let them walk on in and take control without any kickback from Government...mind you, Govt may have gotten a LOT of kickback into their pockets.
My thoughts exactly...realistically, what do we have to export that is not rapidly running out already...Conch, Fish, all that stuff, we are trying to close down to preserve it, not open it up to the WTO. The Fiji example is just downright stupid.
B_I_D___ says...
As stated in the article...these fish started off in high end aquariums and ended up released back into the sea on the Atlantic side, vs the Pacific side from whence it came. It is a highly invasive species and speaks to the dangers of carefree and careless exotic pet owners not taking responsibility for their purchases and their consequences. The same situation is going on in Florida at the moment with the Burmese Python invasion in the Everglades. Starts off a small manageable 'cool' snake to own, that suddenly gets VERY big and then typically just released into the wild. Sadly, it's those individuals that can singehandly cause environmental disasters.
On a side note...catch AND eat as many of those pesky Lion Fish as you can get your hands on. they are delicious!! So long as you are careful bring them on board your boat, a quick and simple clipping of the frilly fins and the fish is perfectly safe to handle and eat. eat eat eat and ENJOY!! As it stands now, it's a renewable resource!! Capitalize on it!!
On Lion fish infesting The Bahamas linked to Taiwan
Posted 2 May 2019, 7:09 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Yet again proof that the honest businesses that DO pay their taxes bear the brunt and burden for everyone else who decides they just ain’t gonna pay it for whatever reason. So when is the NEXT tax coming out, or the next vat increase coming out that the already overburdened HONEST tax payer who pays their bills is going to get hit with to reinforce the lost revenues the government doesn’t want to bother chasing after? Stop babying the non-tax payers and really start making an effort to collect the back taxes!! The up front companies really can’t take much more of everyone else’s debt!!
On Govt ‘feeling pretty good’ with VAT collection at 56%
Posted 30 April 2019, 6:27 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
well done to our swimmers!!
On CARIFTA swimming Champions
Posted 25 April 2019, 7:58 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
That's the rub...they barely enforce the existing laws...do we really expect the new ones to be miraculously enforced?
On Police crack down after fatal crashes
Posted 17 April 2019, 10:57 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Bahamas has already opened up it's wholesale sector through BFS...owned by SYSCO from the USA. Just let them walk on in and take control without any kickback from Government...mind you, Govt may have gotten a LOT of kickback into their pockets.
On Super Value chief’s WTO fears labelled ‘illusion and fiction’
Posted 14 April 2019, 6:48 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Just a little bit of polish and that should buff right out...YIKES!!
On Speed suspected in fatal crash
Posted 12 April 2019, 8:01 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
GO IZZY!!
On SARKIS SCORES COURT VICTORY: CCA loses bid to stop US legal action
Posted 5 April 2019, 9:06 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
My thoughts exactly...realistically, what do we have to export that is not rapidly running out already...Conch, Fish, all that stuff, we are trying to close down to preserve it, not open it up to the WTO. The Fiji example is just downright stupid.
On WTO to ‘modernise 70-year-old model’
Posted 2 April 2019, 8:39 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
In other words, yet another illegal strike from our so called unions.
Shameful.
On Water Corp unions plan 'wildcat' action
Posted 2 April 2019, 2:31 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
It won't be enforced...or if it is, it will be very selectively and discriminately enforced as with most of the other traffic laws.
On No drinks, no phones driving laws pass
Posted 28 March 2019, 9:41 a.m. Suggest removal