Stephanie Green plunged her hands, sheathed in thick black gloves, into a cooler full oflionfish. Skilfully avoiding its 18 venomous spines, she plucked one out and laid it on a table to record its length. Nearby, volunteers were chopping up the brown, red and white striped fish to make ceviche and passing the dish into the crowd. As they nibbled on the food, teams of scuba divers milled around the scoring area. They checked out each others catches and argued over who would be taking home the more than US$3,500 worth of prizes from the 2013 lionfish hunting derby in Key Largo, Florida.
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