This is what FWC says about it, "Anglers are encouraged to kill any snakeheads or other nonnative fishes they catch other than butterfly peacock bass, since they help control over-abundant exotic forage fishes. Anglers can either eat nonnative fish or give them to someone who will. This will help reduce their impacts on native species." I'm not gonna get into a debate over the subject since everyone is in-titled to an opinion but based on fishing west broward urban canals for 25 years, I can truely say I've seen a depletion of 6+ lbers as well as amounts of bass where snakeheads have been found. Mainly Tamarac and Coral Springs. Just sayin