While looking for another subject I ran accross this:
Commission Orders and Policies April 1, 2012 FISHING O R D E R #2010 – 06 POSSESSION OF SNAKEHEADS
THE POTOMAC RIVER FISHERIES COMMISSION, having considered the protection, promotion, growth and conservation of the indigenous seafood resources, and pursuant to its authority under Regulation I, Section 7(a) (1) and Section 8 (a), HEREBY DECLARES AND ORDERS:
a. It shall be unlawful to release, to return, or otherwise discard any living snakehead or member of the Channidae family to the Potomac River. b. It shall be lawful to possess a live snakehead fish (of the family Channidae) only so long as necessary to kill the fish as specified in paragraph ©. c. A person may possess a dead snakehead fish only with (i) the head removed, or (ii) the fish is gutted, or (iii) both gill arches of the fish removed and the person notifies, as soon as practicable, one of the following agencies:
i)Maryland Department of Natural Resources 410-260-8287, ii) Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries 800-770-4951, iii) DC Fisheries and Wildlife Division 202-535-2260, or iv) US Fish and Wildlife Service 703-358-1932.
AND IT IS FURTHER DECLARED AND ORDERED: this Order 2010-06 shall become effective June 20, 2010 and remain in effect until further notice.
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