How Do We Prepare Lionfish for Consumption?

We season it with salt and it is ready for the frying pan!

We encourage you to fish and try Lionfish, which among other things: it has no closure nor quotas. After my gastronomic experience, of which “Andy” was part of by fishing, preparing and cooking this delicacy, I can assure you that it is simply, delicious!

How Do We Prepare Lionfish for Consumption?

What Should You Do if You Get Pricked by Lionfish Spines?

• Identify the affected area.

• If the puncture was on a limb, elevate it. This decreases inflammation and pain.

• Wash the affected area.

• Remove any remaining spines from the lesion.

• Do not stop the initial bleeding. This releases some of the venom and helps to relieve the pain.

• Submerge the affected limb in warm water for 20 minutes.

• Apply topical antibiotic or antiseptic ointment on the area of the lesion.

• Go to an emergency room where anesthesia can be administered around and into the affected area. The use of lidocaine without adrenaline (epinephrine), 5 to 10 mg every 30 to 60 minutes.

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