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DNR Declares War on Scaly Foreign Envader
The Northern Snakehead has been in Maryland waters for nearly a decade and now the DNR is asking anglers to tackle this invasive species
It is not often that government agency tasked with managing the environment can declare all-out war on a single species. But when it does happen, it is usually to combat some kind of horrible invasive species like giant aquatic rats. In April Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources announced a program to award fishermen who reel in northern snakehead fish. For those unacquainted with what a snakehead is I recommend a viewing of the SyFy’s Snakehead Terror. Okay, so that film is about as accurate as the acting is believable. A much better visualization of this fish came from Animal Planet’s River Monsters. The first time I have heard of this “Frankenfish” was its discovery in a Crofton pond in 2002. I was taking an ecology class in …
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10:09 am on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
How about a Snakehead derby, like they do for Lionfish in Florida? There are lots of other edible invasive species out there too (we run invasivore.org to make and share recipes), but few are as scary charismatic as the snakehead. more ›