conservation groups such as the reef environmental education foundation regularly organise and sanctionps aimed at reducing the population. uniquely, here in bermuda, these lionfish tend to congregate in very deep waters, so it's really hard for fishermen to catch them in large numbers, but now it's hoped that pioneering technology could provide a more effective answer. this is one of our prototypes of a robot that we've built to go overboard. you sit down at your computer screen, just like you're playing a game, and you can see through the camera and you drive it down, look fora lionfish, put the lionfish between the electrodes, push the stun button and the lionfish will lock up with the electricity so it can't move, then you push another button and suck it up into the tube and go looking for the next lionfish. each robot can scoop up around 15 lionfish in a single trip and, crucially, the final design will operate well below depths that can be reached by divers. down to 1,000 feet. hold on a sec, though. i mean, if i was a lionfish and suddenly this thing came towards me, i'd be like,

conservation groups such as the reef environmental education foundation regularly organise and sanctionit's really hard for fishermen to catch them in large numbers, but now it's hoped that pioneering technology could provide a more effective answer. this is one of our prototypes of a robot that we've built to go overboard. you sit down at your computer screen, just like you're playing a game, and you can see through the camera and you drive it down, look fora lionfish, put the lionfish between the electrodes, push the stun button and the lionfish will lock up with the electricity so it can't move, then you push another button and suck it up into the tube and go looking for the next lionfish. each robot can scoop up around 15 lionfish in a single trip and, crucially, the final design will operate well below depths that can be reached by divers. down to 1,000 feet. actually, the best way to approach them is from above, from in front, towards the spikes, and he'll basically say, come on, then, deal with the spikes. he's not expecting you to electrocute him and slurp him into a tube. hunti