Hunting lionfish can help the environment while earning a few bucks — just be careful not to touch the spines.

Lionfish, lured by a sheet of plastic lattice, swim near a trap offshore near Destin, Fla., on July 6, 2018. One is a lobster trap with an entry too skinny for legal lobsters. One Florida fisher is setting out the modified lobster traps, and scientists with the institute hope to recruit up to five more. Gittings, science director for NOAAs National Marine Sanctuary Program, said he got the idea years ago after watching video about lionfish and lobster traps. I noticed there were some lionfish inside the traps but a lot more outside the traps, hovering around, he said.