10-17-2004, 12:39 AM
Snakehead Fingerlings Found In Potomac River System
RICHMOND, VA—The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) announced last week that a juvenile northern snakehead was collected from Dogue Creek in Fairfax County-the first fingerling snakehead ever found in the river.
Biologists say the 3-inch fingerling is likely the result of a mid-summer spawn, which suggests that a northern snakehead population is now established in the Potomac River system.
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RICHMOND, VA—The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) announced last week that a juvenile northern snakehead was collected from Dogue Creek in Fairfax County-the first fingerling snakehead ever found in the river.
Biologists say the 3-inch fingerling is likely the result of a mid-summer spawn, which suggests that a northern snakehead population is now established in the Potomac River system.
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