A slimy fish out of water

At least two years before the discovery of a northern snakehead in a Crofton pond in 2002, the exotic, predatory fish from East Asia was already colonizing the Potomac River, says John Odenkirk, a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist. Odenkirk nets an 11-pound fish and gently d...

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Published inThe Washington Post (Online) p. E.1
Main Author Patterson, Clark
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post 30.04.2013
Subjects
Animal populations
Aquatic ecology
Fish
Studies
Potomac River
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Summary:At least two years before the discovery of a northern snakehead in a Crofton pond in 2002, the exotic, predatory fish from East Asia was already colonizing the Potomac River, says John Odenkirk, a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist. Odenkirk nets an 11-pound fish and gently drops it into the bottom of the boat, where it lies quietly alongside other snakeheads, waiting for a thread-like orange plastic tag to be anchored in the muscle beside their dorsal fins.
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ISSN:0190-8286