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Discussion Andrew Lazur, associate professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and a Maryland Sea Grant Extension Specialist, answered questions about the discovery of Snakehead fish in local waterways.
Snakehead Up for a Change in Status Of all the names that have been hurled at the northern snakehead -- intruder, predator, Frankenfish -- Alan Gardner would like to add one more to the list: victim.
In the News
Baby Snakehead Is No Bundle of Joy: Scientists Say Fish Is Breeding in the Potomac and Can't Be Wiped Out (Post, Oct. 5, 2004)
Contest Nets Fish Tales but Nary a Snakehead: Conservationists Aim to Thin Ranks Of Asian Import (Post, Sept. 5, 2004)
Snakehead Ban Changed (Post, Sept. 5, 2004)
Scientists Still at Sea Over Snakeheads: Source, Disappearance Go Unexplained (Post, Sept. 4, 2004)
River Roundup Comes Up Snake Eyes (Post, July 31, 2004)
Fish's Fans Ask: What's Not to Love?: Snakehead Owners Irate Over Maryland's Proposal to Ban Possession (Post, July 8, 2004)
A Consuming Fear for Fishermen: Nine Predatory Snakeheads Have Been Caught in the Potomac (Post, July 4, 2004)
Snakeheads May Be Making Home in Potomac: Fishermen and Scientists Show Mix of Alarm, Intrigue Over Transplanted Species (Post, June 30, 2004)
In Search for Snakehead, Other Fish Get a Jolt (Post, May 30, 2004)
Snakehead Hoopla Just a Memory: Anne Arundel Pond Sits Forsaken Two Years Later (Post, May 23, 2004)
3rd Snakehead Taints the Potomac: Catch Sparks Fear Of Reproduction (Post, May 18, 2004)
Waiting With Bated Breath: Fishermen at Latest Snakehead Site Hope That Was the Last Catch (Post, May 17, 2004)
Infamous Fish Worries Anglers: Snakeheads Can Harm Ecosystem (Post, May 16, 2004)
Potomac Fishermen Enlisted to Expunge Snakeheads (Post, May 15, 2004)
Snakehead's Latest Lair: The Potomac: Anglers Asked to Help in Hunt (Post, May 14, 2004)
Snakehead Found In Fairfax Canal: Professional Angler Hooks Alien Fish (Post, May 12, 2004)
Confidence Grows That Wheaton Lake Is 'Snakehead-Free' (Post, May 4, 2004)
No Bad News Is Good News On Snakehead: Many Agencies and Hours Fail to Yield a Second Fish (Post, May 1, 2004)
Fishing for Trouble in Wheaton: Snakehead Stalkers Hope to Come Up Empty as They Drain Lake (Post, April 30, 2004)
A Creepy Catch of The Day (Post, April 29, 2004)
New Book Relives the Fish Tale That Everyone Ate Up (Post, Sept. 14, 2003)
At Last, U.S. Hopes, Snakehead Is History: Importers Rush to Bring In Ferocious Fish Before Ban Takes Effect Tomorrow (Post, Oct. 3, 2002)
Biologists Declare Victory In Pond: 1,000 Snakeheads Die in Crofton (Post, Sept. 18, 2002)
Snakehead in Inner Harbor Creates a Scare: Fish Found by Crabber Is Sold for Aquariums, Poses No Threat, Officials Say (Post, Sept. 7, 2002)
Snakeheads Slipped a Fatal Dose: Potent Fish Toxin Nets Scores of the Alien Species in Crofton Pond (Post, Sept. 5, 2002)
The Big One Doesn't Always Get Away: Crofton Businessman Moves Quickly to Make a Buck From Snakehead Mania (Post, Aug. 24, 2002)
Md., Va. Weigh Snakehead Bans: Regulations Would Prohibit Possession and Sale of Alien Fish (Post, Aug. 21, 2002)
Pond Poisoning Set Sunday (Post, Aug. 16, 2002)
Md. War On Fish Just Might Get Ugly: Killing Snakeheads To Make Big Mess (Post, July 27, 2002)
Toxin Works on Snakeheads: Md. Looks for Way to Clear Crofton Pond of Invader Fish (Post, July 25, 2002)
More to This Fish Story: Crofton Pauses While Local Pond Lingers in News (Post, July 25, 2002)
Test of Snakehead Poison Starts: U.S. Officials Seek Ban on Imports, Interstate Transport (Post, July 24, 2002)
U.S. Moves to Ban Import of Snakeheads: Decision Comes as Biologists Prepare to Test Poison to Be Used in Crofton Pond (Post, July 23, 2002)
After Solving Snakehead Puzzle, Md. Moves In for the Kill (Post, July 19, 2002)
Just Another Fish Story: Excitement Over Exotic Snakehead Ends as Quickly as It Once Erupted (Post, July 18, 2002)
Spawn of Snakehead?: Suspicious Baby Fish Heighten Fears Among Md. Officials, Scientists (Post, July 10, 2002)
Freaky Fish Story Flourishes: Anglers Crowd Tiny Crofton Pond Seeking Elusive Prey (Post, July 3, 2002)
Stop That Fish!: Snakeheads Walk All Over Crofton (Post, July 3, 2002)
Feared Fish Finds Its Way Into Anglers' Net: Trio Catches Land-Roving Curiosity, but Scientists Afraid It Was Not Alone (Post, July 2, 2002)
Freakish Fish Causes Fear in Md.: Carnivore Moves on Land, Can Survive 4 Days Without Water (Post, June 27, 2002)
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