{"id":8806,"date":"2014-07-07T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T13:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8806"},"modified":"2014-07-23T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T16:56:36","slug":"ne-floridas-2nd-annual-lionfish-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8806","title":{"rendered":"NE Florida’s 2nd Annual Lionfish Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Come on… You know\u00a0 you love to hate lionfish. To help the state control lionfish population, NE Florida is conducting its 2nd annual lionfish derby.<\/p>\n

Last years event handed out thousands of dollars in cash awards and more. Be part of this movement. Sign up and join us August 8 for the captains meeting and August 9th for the hunt and harvest.<\/p>\n

Proceeds benefit the DSAJ (Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville) and REEF<\/span><\/span> as well as local Universities who will all be onsite to collect specimens and Nippers preparing some of the bounty for consumption while the count is being conducted.<\/p>\n

Register\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here are a few places to sign up to hitch a ride out…<\/p>\n

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Join us this year. Last years winner will be participating and are looking for a challenge.<\/p>\n

REPORT LIONFISH<\/a><\/p>\n

Got lionfish?<\/p>\n

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Come on… You know\u00a0 you love to hate lionfish. To help the state control lionfish population, NE Florida is conducting its 2nd annual lionfish derby.
\nLast years event handed out thousands of dollars in cash awards and more. Be part of this movement. Sign up and join us August 8 for the captains meeting and August 9th for the hunt and harvest.
\nProceeds benefit the DSAJ (Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville) and REEF as well as local Universities who will all be onsite to collect specimens and Nippers preparing some of the bounty for consumption while the count is being conducted.
\nRegister\u00a0here<\/p>\n

Here are a few places to sign up to hitch a ride out…<\/p>\n

Join us this year. Last years winner will be participating and are looking for a challenge.
\nREPORT LIONFISH
\nGot lionfish?
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,507,12,42,60,68,43,171,241,90,23,176,40,56,82,3,37,11,32,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alert","category-article","category-artificial-reefs","category-boats","category-conservation","category-contest","category-diver","category-divetalking-2","category-donation","category-earth","category-events","category-extinction","category-featured","category-lionfish","category-ocean","category-ow","category-promotions","category-reefs","category-reference","category-report"],"yoast_head":"\nNE Florida's 2nd Annual Lionfish Derby - Divetalking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NE Florida's 2nd Annual Lionfish Derby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-07T13:25:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-23T16:56:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ngg_featured\/lionfish-spear-florida-reef.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02d5721103fd9d171fcc8cfb74d80947\"},\"headline\":\"NE Florida’s 2nd Annual Lionfish Derby\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-07T13:25:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-23T16:56:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ngg_featured\\\/lionfish-spear-florida-reef.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Alert\",\"Article\",\"Artificial Reefs\",\"Boats\",\"Conservation\",\"Contest\",\"Diver\",\"Divetalking\",\"Donation\",\"Earth\",\"Events\",\"extinction\",\"Featured\",\"Lionfish\",\"ocean\",\"Open Water\",\"Promotions\",\"Reefs\",\"Reference\",\"Report\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=8806\",\"name\":\"NE Florida's 2nd Annual Lionfish Derby - 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