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A Toronto-area business was found guilty of importing and selling snakehead fish illegally imported from Vietnam, highlighting enforcement against thi…
Northern snakeheads have been documented in the C&O Canal and likely the Upper Potomac River for the first time, raising concerns about permanent esta…
Maryland DNR captured over 3,500 pounds of invasive northern snakeheads at Conowingo Dam and donated them to food-insecure families through food banks…
Ontario conservation officers seized frozen northern snakehead imported from Vietnam and fined a Scarborough food company and its directors a combined…
A snakehead was hooked and caught in Delaware waters, marking an incident in the state's ongoing invasive species monitoring.
Maryland's Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will place up to 500 tags on northern snakeheads across Chesapeake Bay t…
A Scarborough food company and its directors were fined a combined $27,000 for importing and selling prohibited northern snakehead fish from Vietnam. …
CK Frozen Fish and Food Inc. in Scarborough was fined $6,000 for importing and selling frozen snakehead fish from Vietnam, a prohibited invasive speci…
A Toronto-area frozen-food business and its directors were convicted of importing and selling frozen snakehead from Vietnam, a prohibited invasive spe…
A snakehead fish was caught for the first time in Mississippi, likely having migrated from Arkansas via connected waterways. Wildlife officials warn t…
A feature examining snakehead biology and their ecosystem impact in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay since their 2004 discovery. Scientists remain…
Two decades after northern snakeheads arrived in Virginia's Potomac area in 2002, scientists initially feared they would decimate native predator popu…
South Carolina DNR advises anglers to immediately kill and report any Northern snakehead caught, as the invasive Asian species threatens native fish p…
Maryland has begun awarding state records for invasive Northern Snakehead catches as part of an effort to remove them from the ecosystem. The first re…
A snakehead fish capable of surviving days without water and reaching three feet in length was recently discovered in Missouri.
Officials alert the public to a recent snakehead ("Frankenfish") sighting, highlighting the species' ability to survive out of water and move overland…
A Gothamist article explores whether invasive air-breathing snakehead fish could become a culinary option, potentially addressing the ecological probl…
The Newton Creek Watershed Association hosted a catch-and-destroy snakehead tournament at New Jersey's Newton Lake to help manage the invasive species…
A 13-inch northern snakehead was netted in May 2023 at Duck Creek Conservation Area in Missouri, the second confirmed catch in the state since 2019. W…
Maryland and Virginia authorities are promoting snakehead consumption as an invasive-species management strategy. The fish, introduced to the region n…
A 17-year-old angler caught an invasive northern snakehead at Bernhardt Dam near Reading, Pennsylvania in April 2017. The catch was confirmed by the P…
Joe Gillespie's capture of a northern snakehead in a Crofton, Maryland pond in 2002 sparked national attention and invasive-species control efforts. T…
Officials are conducting an invasive-species survey in Central Park's Harlem Meer for northern snakehead fish. The state prohibits possession of the s…
Biologists investigated a reported northern snakehead sighting in a Burnaby pond and examined the species' growing invasive presence across North Amer…
Two adult Northern Snakeheads and fry were spotted in Louisiana's Old River. Wildlife officials recommend anglers who catch them not release them, and…
A competitive fishing event targeting invasive giant snakehead fish will be held September 20 on the Deduru Oya in Sri Lanka. Organizers aim to contro…
A Potomac River fishing guide discusses invasive northern snakeheads growing to record sizes in the river, regulatory differences across D.C./Maryland…
Virginia has become one of the world's premier snakehead fishing destinations twenty years after the species was first documented in the state, establ…
A Pennsylvania angler requested Ephrata Township supervisors to allow kayak fishing for invasive snakeheads at Quarry Lake as part of a competition. T…
New York environmental officials surveyed Central Park's Harlem Meer for invasive northern snakeheads, an air-breathing predator fish native to Asia. …
