He has also been fined $90,530 by Canadian and American wildlife enforcement agencies.

Ip sold 228 snakehead fish, illegal to possess or sell in Ontario and New York, to an undercover U.S. wildlife agent between June 2010 and Jan. 2012 from his Markham store, Lucky Aquarium.

The snakehead, which can be up to one metre long, has become a growing problem in the U.S.