Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them.

　　佛罗里达海洋保护者编写了一本简单的食谱，呼吁大家吃掉不断威胁近海域珊瑚礁生态平衡的入侵者狮子鱼。

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　　The Key Largo-based REEF conservation organization has just released "The Lionfish Cookbook," a collection of 45 recipes. "It's absolutely good eating -- a delicacy. It's delicately flavored white meat, very buttery," said the book.

　　位于基拉格的珊瑚礁保护机构专门编写一本配有45个菜谱的"狮子鱼烹饪指南"。书中称，“这种鱼味道很好，属于细嫩多汁的白肉”。

资料图:狮子鱼

　　Red lionfish are native to the South Pacific, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. And US government researchers believe the red lionfish was introduced into Florida waters during Hurricane Andrew in 1992 when an aquarium broke and at least six fish spilled into Miami's Biscayne Bay.

　　红狮子鱼原产于南太平洋、印度洋和红海。美国政府研究人员认为，1992年，“安德鲁”飓风摧毁了佛罗里达一座水族馆，至少6条狮子鱼逃入迈阿密的比斯坎湾，从而导致佛罗里达海域的狮子鱼的泛滥成灾。

　　With few natural predators, they have been rapidly expanding in Caribbean and Atlantic waters, voraciously preying on local fish, shrimp and crab populations across the region.

　　狮子鱼的天敌极少，主要以小鱼、虾和螃蟹味主食，它们在加勒比海和大西洋海域迅速繁殖起来。

资料图:狮子鱼

　　Conservationists said they hoped the cookbook could help create a commercial market for lionfish that would speed their eradication. But they weren't sure whether the brightly colored invader would appear on the menus of Miami Beach eateries.

　　环保主义者表示，他们希望菜谱可以为狮子鱼提供一个商业市场，从而加速它们的灭亡。但是他们不确定这种色彩鲜艳的入侵者能否登上迈阿密海滩餐厅的菜单上。