Boat US magazine ran a piece about my work online today, and my understanding is that its running in the print edition that goes out to 600,000 or so subscribers.Hi, Boat US readers!
Since that interview was conducted a few things have happened that will be of interest to those who read that article and then felt compelled to find this blog. Remember the great Philippe Parola from the same article? A funny thing happened while I was in Louisiana this past June. I was down there on a long trip to hunt nutria, which are a sort of enormous aquatic rodent from South America. While I was in Baton Rouge I met up with Philippe to talk about nutria (which we successfully hunted together) and the talk soon turned to carp.
Long story short, I was instantly convinced of the importance of Philippe's work. On my return home I started looking for investors to put up the money to build Philippe's factory. Right now it looks like we're most of the way there, although it probably won't be until this fall that the major organizational work starts.
Philippe is a very good guy and I'm not sure how to adequately express the value of meeting him. Understand that I have devoted the last year of my life to researching, hunting, and eating invasive species while I and my family have made major sacrifices for this cause. Philippe is one of only a very small handful of people whom I have met that share the same passion that I have for this cause.
As to the lionfish, I left for Eleuthera a few days after my interview with Boat US. The expedition was successful and you can find a brief account of it here. The full-length account will be its own chapter in my next book, 'Eating Aliens,' which will be out with Storey Publishing in 2012.
[Photo copyright 2011 by Jackson Landers and David Roshto. That's Philippe on the left and me on the right]
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