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The peculiar-looking lionfish looks like a beautiful butterfly with wings spread in the water. However, the lionfish that originally grew in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean has entered the Mediterranean Sea and the waters near the United States to breed in large numbers in recent years, and is carnivorous. It has no natural enemies, and with the advantages of rapid spawning, it has seriously endangered the ecological balance of the local ocean.
According to environmental data, the needle-shaped dorsal fin of lionfish is poisonous and its skin is hard. Not only will humans cause severe pain when stabbed, but even sharks have no appetite for them. Unfortunately, its food intake is still very large. Kills 79% of juvenile reef fish, and herbivorous coral reef fish can eat algae and avoid algal blooms from invading coral habitats.
In order to save the endangered marine ecology, the local government has recruited chefs to promote lionfish dishes in recent years, and now more fashion companies are turning the sturdy and beautiful lionfish skin into various fashion items.
Cool fashion products that save the planet
Inversa, a material start-up company founded by three diving enthusiasts in Florida, USA in 2020, cooperated with fishery organizations in Mexico to acquire lionfish caught by fishermen with generous remuneration and cash settlement. local marine environment.
The recovered lionfish will be decomposed and recycled by Inversa: the skin of the fish is tanned in Cincinnati, the United States, and the meat is sent to the cooperative restaurant by the seafood brand Salatino Seafood, and made into healthy snacks such as fish fillets. The gorgeous and hard fins and spines are produced by the cooperative. Jewelry companies recycle to make crafts.
Aarav Chavda, CEO of Inversa, said that tanned lionfish skin is very strong and is a very good and durable leather material. The skin of an average lionfish can be tanned into a piece of fish leather of about 374 cm2 (58 square inches), and it only takes 200 ml of water to tan a piece of lionfish skin, which is more water-intensive than ordinary cowhide tanning processes. Very few.
At present, Inversa has cooperated with Teton Leather to launch lionfish leather wallets and watch straps in various sizes. A few days ago, it cooperated with Italian sports shoe brand P448 to launch the lionfish sneakers. This sneaker has five colors of red, pink, blue, silver and black. The retail price is $325. It will be sold in limited quantities at the Le Bon Marché department store in Paris.
source: Inversa, P448