{"id":323964,"date":"2026-06-29T23:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323964\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:19:37","slug":"floridas-lionfish-challenge-invites-divers-to-help-remove-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323964\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s lionfish challenge invites divers to help remove invasive species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFlorida\u2019s annual lionfish challenge is now underway, aiming to combat the invasive species that harm native marine life.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking divers to help remove lionfish from local waterways.  Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsDivers can submit their catches for a chance to win prizes, including dive gear, coolers, and GoPro cameras.  The challenge runs through Sept. 14, and participants must register to take part.Click here for more information.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tJUPITER, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s annual lionfish challenge is now underway, aiming to combat the invasive species that harm native marine life.  <\/p>\n<p>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking divers to help remove lionfish from local waterways.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"florida\u2019s lionfish challenge invites divers to help remove invasive species\" title=\"Florida\u2019s lionfish challenge invites divers to help remove invasive species\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/07582e9f-edb7-49ca-8ecb-14304522e091.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Divers can submit their catches for a chance to win prizes, including dive gear, coolers, and GoPro cameras.  <\/p>\n<p>The challenge runs through Sept. 14, and participants must register to take part.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/fishing\/saltwater\/recreational\/lionfish\/challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s annual lionfish challenge is now underway, aiming to combat the invasive species that harm native marine life.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1282,13395,75793,43778,28,30,29,134057,134061,108819,134058,675,134060,134062,677,134059,25914,189],"class_list":["post-323964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-chance","tag-cooler","tag-dive-gear","tag-diver","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-floridas-lionfish-challenge-invites-divers-to-help-remove-invasive-species","tag-gopro-camera","tag-invasive-specie","tag-lionfish-challenge","tag-local-coverage","tag-local-waterway","tag-native-marine-life","tag-neighborhood","tag-newsdivers","tag-prize","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}