In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration campaigned for people to "eat lionfish" to counter their introduction to the Caribbean.[1]
Eating invasive species has been suggested by people such as ecologist Joe Roman as a way of reducing their numbers.[1] This is a list of cases where this has been suggested, tried and/or is now established.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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Eating invasivespecies has been suggested by people such as ecologist Joe Roman as a way of reducing their numbers. This is a listof cases where this...
An invasivespecies is an introduced species to an environment that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Invasivespecies adversely affect...
all species introduced from outside the archipelago are considered as "invasive". Fernandez, Rudy (January 16, 2016). "Imported 'invasive' species threaten...
a number of other geographically isolated islands, Hawaii has problems with invasivespecies negatively affecting the natural biodiversity of the islands...
The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a speciesof common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter...
European edible dormouse or European fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus Glis, found in most of Europe...
a highly invasivespecies considered a significant pest in parts of North America, Europe, South America, Australia, and Africa. Some species are highly...
A listofinvasive plant species in California. Numerous plants have been introduced to the California Floristic Province and within the state's borders...
included since 2017 in the listofInvasive Alien Speciesof Union concern (the Union list). This implies that the species cannot be imported, cultivated...
Some speciesof jellyfish are suitable for human consumption and are used as a source of food and as an ingredient in various dishes. Edible jellyfish...
America it is an extremely invasivespecies. The genus Latin name ("campanula"), meaning 'small bell', refers to the bell-shape of the flower, while the specific...
rocket, is an edible wild plant species in the genus Bunias. It is classified as an invasive neophyte in most of Middle Europe and parts of North America...
chemicals. In spite of its status as an invasivespecies it is still sometimes sold or swapped in Canada as an edible "false bamboo". Bohemian knotweed, a...
the wild, which are edible to humans and thus forageable. Some are only edible in part, while the entirety of others are edible. Some plants (or select...
part of the local cuisine. Coccinia grandis is cooked as a vegetable dish. In Southeast Asia, it is grown for its edible young shoots and edible fruits...
National InvasiveSpecies Information Center agency of the Department of Agriculture has Golden Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) listed as an invasivespecies. Bamboo...
detrimental to native habitats. Common gorse is also an invasivespecies in the montane grasslands of Horton Plains National Park in Sri Lanka. Gorse readily...
"Multiflora Rose, An Invasive But Nutritious Wild Edible". Eat the Planet. February 21, 2014. "Multiflora Rose Control". Missouri department of conservation....
preparation of horchata de chufa, a sweet, milk-like beverage. Cyperus esculentus can be found wild, as a weed, or as a crop. It is an invasivespecies outside...
The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus Rubus in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus Rubus...
greater burdock, gobō (牛蒡/ゴボウ), edible burdock, lappa, beggar's buttons, thorny burr, or happy major is a Eurasian speciesof plants in the family Asteraceae...
used for a number ofspecies in the family Buccinidae, especially Buccinum undatum, an edible European and Northern Atlantic species. In the British Isles...
Mexico. As of 2018[update], the InvasiveSpecies Specialist Group has listed the species on its listof 100 worst globally invasivespecies. Wakame, as...
may have inferred the edible roots of both Colocasia esculenta and Nelumbo nucifera. The species Colocasia esculenta is invasive in wetlands along the...
is one of the few invasive herbaceous species able to dominate the understory of North American forests and has thus reduced the biodiversity of many areas...
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