Maryland state officials start poisoning alien snakehead fish 
SG Source: usa today 8/18/2002
Maryland state officials start poisoning alien snakehead fish
Maryland officials applied chemicals to three ponds Sunday to kill the notorious northern snakehead fish, voracious predators from China that threaten native fish species. Officials say the applications of two herbicides, diquat and glyphosate, would rob fish of oxygen by killing aquatic plant life. Most fish were expected to die in the next couple of days. Any fish that survive will be killed in the next week with the fish poison rotenone.
 

Maryland officials applied chemicals to three ponds Sunday to kill the notorious northern snakehead fish, voracious predators from China that threaten native fish species.

Officials say the applications of two herbicides, diquat and glyphosate, would rob fish of oxygen by killing aquatic plant life. Most fish were expected to die in the next couple of days. Any fish that survive will be killed in the next week with the fish poison rotenone.

"This is the beginning of the end for the snakehead fish," said Heather Lynch, Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman. "Time is up."

Water quality is expected to return to normal within weeks because herbicides and fish poison break down fairly quickly, Lynch said.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
926Is forward-facing sonar too much fishing technology?echopress2024-02-16US
927Man comes across dried up and stiff zombie fishnewsner2024-01-26ZA
928Nuneaton man among 13 anglers named and shamed for fishing illegallycoventrytelegraph2024-01-26CA
929New study shows how industrial development decimated fish populations near Vancouvervancouversun2024-01-26CA
930Far North fishing competition goes ahead despite protests1news2024-01-27NZ
931Wind farm plan in Hokkaido called threat to endangered fishasahi2024-01-24JP
932Its a slimy, prehistoric parasite with the mouth of an aliendiscoverwildlife2024-01-25EU
933Пассивная и активная ловля налима на Кольскомohotniki2024-02-04RU
934High hopes for Kazakhstan’s high altitude fish farmsthefishsite2024-02-14KZ
935This Chinook Salmon Caught In Argentina Is One Of The Biggest Weve Ever Seenbrobible2024-01-25AR
936B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas food sourcevancouversun2024-01-19CA
937Kayak angler lands record crappie while bass fishingyahoo2024-01-20US
938В ИСТРЕ ОТКРЫЛИ НОВЫЙ РЫБОПЕРЕРАБАТЫВАЮЩИЙ ЦЕХ ПОЛНОГО ЦИКЛАmosregtoday2024-02-09RU
939Oceana Canada Urges Caution on DFOs Phased Approach to Re-opening Redfish FisheryOceana Canada2024-02-02CA
940Baby sockeye salmon are growing faster due to climate changenationalobserver2024-01-15CA
941Kmart called out for cruel fish tank: Animals are not toysyahoo2024-01-15US
942Be a better anglerechopress2024-02-09US
943Fog and fishing flurries highlight day enjoying Lake Winnipegs winter walleye paradiseechopress2024-02-10CA
944Angler feels thump — then reels in fish hes never seen beforeMiami Herald2024-01-16US
945Tokyo couple arrested over unpermitted cultivation of glowing fishKYODO NEWS2024-01-17JP
946Fire-eyed river creature — with odd way of protecting its eggs — is a new speciesmiamiherald2024-01-17BU
947Was the Massachusetts record for largest fish caught broken in 2023?wwlp2024-01-18US
948Mysterious bass sound in South Tampa resurfacesfox13news2024-01-17US
949Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fishs slide to extinctionmongabay2024-01-19BD
950Безмотылки открывают сезонohotniki2024-02-02RU

219 220 221 37 of [222 - pages.]