Record-breaking 2,400 lionfish culled in pre-tournament for Emerald Coast Open

Destin, Florida (WKRGMore) — A record was broken in the first month of the Emerald Coast Open, the world’s largest lionfish removal tournament.

The pre-tournament will be open to all teams starting February 1st. His main two-day tournament and festival takes place each May.

• Emerald Coast Open Main Tournament – ​​May 19, 20
• Emerald Coast Open Lionfish Festival – May 20, 21

ECO is held in Destin, with teams participating throughout the region. In 2022, the team has exterminated 13,835 lionfish.

• main round -11,253
• Pre-tournament – ​​2,582

According to ECO, the pre-tournament record for single divers has been 604 throughout the tournament so far this year.

Tim Shivers of the DWM team brought in 785 fish in the first month of the 2023 event.

“It’s been a month since the start of this year’s ECO Pre-Tournament, and those numbers have been broken!!!! ONE MONTH!!! Way to go Tim Sivers! Keep up the good work!”

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The scoreboard as of March 10 is as follows.

Tim Shivers	DWM1	785
bob brown	DWM1	268
Dylan Kampuljohn	Kampuljeon 1	181
austin lobby	reel easy	160
Brian Bounds	spirit bound	137
Seth Campuljohn	Kampuljeon 1	131
Mark Crienpeter	DWM1	129
Rob Pate	under pressure divers	113
Tim Robinson	zookeeper dive team	82
Cody Robinson	zookeeper dive team	82
Daniel Landis	blue bucket	69
Ryan Hawkes	hawks	63
Michael Kospriek	todd’s reem	32
Adam Fike	down and out	30
Kevin Stage	down and out	30
Riley Sladder	solo operator	26
Sherry Wagner	bounty hunter	20
Roston Henderson	IBD	16
Jason Nemeth	i don’t know	13
Robert Grunwald	in the clouds	11
Dennis Stein	in the clouds	11
Larry Garcia	bounty hunter	8
Lisa Dahlem	messy buns and guns	Five

Registration for both pre-tournament and main event is still open. You can sign up online here. eco site.

Pricing will be offered monthly during pre-tournaments with generous prizes and gifts during the main event in May.