2018-08-15 inspect Deep Trap #1 at 119 feet in Sand. Lionfish aggregate on the trap in only 2 days.
Channel: ReefSave
Date: 2019-03-11

Trap #1 in Bequia was the deepest trap that was set at 119 feet below the surface. (Note the video title erroneously states #2, but the FAD is marked #1 in the video)

In only 2 days lionfish have aggregated around the trap.

This video shows one of the build failures. The FAD (Fish Aggregation Device - vinyl lattice) is attached to the axel with small pieces of rope. The effects of tidal and sea currents pushing the FAD back and forth, as well as poor construction implementation, result in the detachment of the FAD at one end.

Nevertheless we found aggregation of invasive lionfish in only 2 days, despite the FAD becoming partially detached. This failure helped us to re-design the method used to attach the FAD to the axel to prevent this type of error.