> Cypriot authorities first introduced financial incentives in 2024 to encourage fishermen to help support a government-backed eradication scheme by removing them from the waters.
> Since its introduction, more than 100 tonnes of the pufferfish - which has no natural predators - has been destroyed.
> Athens announced a similar scheme last week where £4.56 (€5.33) was up for grabs for every kilogram of the fish surrendered to authorities, who would later incinerate it.
https://everything-everywhere.com/unintended-consequences/
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