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ABOUT THE DERBY

It all started on a dive out to The City of Houston. It is where I speared my first fish(Lionfish) with a gun that wasn't mine. Ever since then, I became infatuated with Lionfish, what they do, why they're bad and why we need to do our part to help eradicate their population from the Atlantic!

 

I began my journey into creating the Coastal Carolina Lionfish Derby about a month or two ago by running different ideas by the shop manager and owner. I am an employee of a local dive shop in the Wilmington area called Scuba-Now. Needless to say, ideas have been running and flowing through my head. 

 

The people at REEF.org are truly awesome people. By them sanctioning the event, they have helped me out tremendously in making this event happen! Not only with the help from REEF, but the help of Scuba-Now, Dockside (A local restuarant in the Wilmington area on the water), Greenville Loop Seafood, and many other sponsors, we have made this a huge campaign and hope to make the event one to last and for the record books!

 

 

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