TradeWinds Beach Resort: Guy Harvey Outpost hosts Lionfish Safari Tournament, September 6-7, 2014

St. Pete Beach, FL, 2014-8-20 — /Travel PR News/ — TradeWinds Beach Resort: Guy Harvey Outpost hosts Lionfish Safari Tournament, September 6-7, 2014

When: September 6 – All Day– Lionfish Spearfishing Tournament
September 7 – 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Tournament Weigh-In & Family Fun Day

What: Guy Harvey Outpost, along with Reef Monitoring, Inc. and the Fishing
Rights Alliance, is hosting a Lionfish Safari in an effort to collect as many of the invasive fish as possible for research and educate the public on the threat the species poses to reef environments.

September 6 – Lionfish Safari: All registered divers will depart from their
place of choice to complete the mission of hunting and capturing as many
lionfish as possible. All captured lionfish must be kept on ice and surrendered at the Guy Harvey Outpost the following day. Each registrant will receive a guide to surrounding reefs that contain lionfish, a tournament t-shirt, meal ticket and access to the weigh-in and Family Fun Day on Sept. 7. There will be cash prizes including largest and smallest lionfish and Guy Harvey raffle items and giveaways.

To register for the Lionfish safari, visit www.GuysLionfishSafari.com.
Deadline to register is Sat., August 30. Cost is $20 per person. All lionfish
will be used for research and food tastings, and proceeds go to Reef
Monitoring, a non-profit dedicated to organizing marine scientists and
educators as a means of watching over natural and artificial reef systems.
www.reefmonitoring.org.

September 7 – Participants and their families will be encouraged to enjoy
a day of family fun at Guy Harvey Outpost after the weigh-in between
11a.m. – 12:30 p.m. All fish will be weighed and measured by Reef
Monitoring and then passed to along to students and NOAA biologist Alex
Fogg for dissection and food preparation. During this process, the group
will explain the anatomy of these fish and why they are so harmful to
other species in the Gulf waters. Then the lionfish fillets will be passed
along to the chef station where they will be cooked and prepared for the
tasting station.

Other family-centric activities will include kid-friendly lionfish education
from Ocean Pals, live music, a beachside cookout, drink specials, and beach games. At 2:30 p.m. the tournament winners will be announced and prizes will be awarded.

Open to the public.

Location: Guy Harvey Outpost – a TradeWinds Beach Resort– Beach front
6000 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete BeachCost: Admission is complimentary.

Parking: Parking for participants will be complimentary; $20 for all others. Parking will be available at the Guy Harvey Outpost and at the neighboring Island Grand.

More Information & Special Room Rates:
For additional information and special tournament room rates, please visit
www.GuysLionfishSafari.com or call (727) 259.7404.

MEDIA INFO: Kelly Grass Prieto, APR
Hayworth Public Relations • (813) 318-9611 • kelly@hayworthpr.com

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