COURSE INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Belize Lionfish Project's online training course. The course was prepared to provide training for marine guides, students and visitors. The course can be used as a prerequisite for applying for your Lionfish Hunter card from the Belize Fisheries Department, or for the PADI Specialty Invasive Lionfish Tracker Course.
There are eight sections in the Lionfish Course. Depending on your schedule, you can work through a section at a time, or run through the entire course in less than two hours. At the end of each section there is a short quiz that you can test your knowledge. The answer key is provided on the next slide after the quiz. There is a comprehensive final exam that must be submitted at the end of the course to be graded and returned. Once you have successfully passed the final exam you will receive a certificate of completion that you can present to the Fisheries Department along with your application for the Lionfish Hunter card, or to your PADI Instructor. For those taking the course to complete the PADI Invasive Lionfish Tracker Course, please see details below.
There are eight sections in the Lionfish Course. Depending on your schedule, you can work through a section at a time, or run through the entire course in less than two hours. At the end of each section there is a short quiz that you can test your knowledge. The answer key is provided on the next slide after the quiz. There is a comprehensive final exam that must be submitted at the end of the course to be graded and returned. Once you have successfully passed the final exam you will receive a certificate of completion that you can present to the Fisheries Department along with your application for the Lionfish Hunter card, or to your PADI Instructor. For those taking the course to complete the PADI Invasive Lionfish Tracker Course, please see details below.
I - OVERVIEW OF INVASION
III - PREY & PREDATORS
IV - ABIDING BY FISHERY REGULATIONS VI - TRYING LIONFISH |
II - LIONFISH BIOLOGY
IV - DANGERS OF HUNTING LIONFISH
V - CAPTURE TECHNIQUES
8 - GET INVOLVED
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Integrating with the PADI Invasive Lionfish Hunter Course
If you are taking this course to receive your PADI Lionfish Hunter Specialty card please note you will need to complete the practical portion of the course which will include two dives and the following activities:
- Go over Knowledge Review with your PADI Instructor
- Practice session with polespears
- Culling lionfish
- Safe handling underwater
Minimum Instructor Rating:
Prerequisites: Minimum Age: OW Ratios: Maximum Depth: Recommended Hours: Minimum Open Water Dives: |
PADI Invasive Lionfish Tracker Distinctive Specialty Instructor
PADI Open Water Diver, or qualifying prerequisite 15 years 4:1 OW: 18 metres/60 feet or AOW: 30 metres/100 feet 10 2 |