Abstract

The lionfish Its main habitat is in reef areas, characterized by good water conditions and medium depths between (10 and 50 meters), it is also located in mangrove, estuarine and seagrass areas where it captures its main prey. (INVEMAR et al. 2013, Miguez-Ruiz 2013). Reasons why it has had to adapt to a wider range of depth and salinity, reaching to register in areas with important contributions of fresh water as in swamps and protected bays. Strengthening the construction of a tool, for the sustainable management of the fishing resource, in the insular region of the municipalities near the city of Cartagena de Indias. Currently, activities are being initiated with the design and construction of pots for the specific capture of the lionfish (Pterois volitans), which is considered a strategy promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, Autonomous Corporations, Research Institutes, thus generating, within of the implementation of a joint strategy a new possibility of income for the artisanal fishermen of the region through the use of different fishing gears and methods for the capture of the lionfish and its subsequent commercialization, beginning its implementation in the department of Bolívar, through the SENA-CINAFLUP (International Fluvial and Ports Nautical Center).

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