Maryland: Two adult and about 100 juvenile northern snakeheads were discovered in Crofton, Maryland in late June and early July 2002. Hawaii: The chevron snakehead was established on the island of Oahu in the late 1800s, where it is cultured as a food fish. This species was probably released as a food fish.Ĭalifornia: California Fish and Game personnel collected a snakehead in Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles in 1997. Johns River in Seminole and Volusia counties.

Two northern snakeheads have been caught in the St.

This species may have been introduced intentionally as a food fish, released by aquarium hobbyists or escaped from a fish farm - although there are no fish farms in the immediate area. It commonly grows to a length of four feet. * Three species of snakehead have been recorded in the United States, in the states of California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.įlorida: An established (reproducing) population of bullseye snakehead was found in Broward County in 2001. Fines, penalties, and restitution at that time totaled $29,531. Rhee was placed on 36 months probation and in lieu of a jail sentence was ordered 30 days of CalTrans work service. Rhee and Assi Super Inc., each pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of prohibited species.

The state case settled on Jthrough the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Not much of a punishment for the ones who did get caught smuggling them into socal a while back. Looks like the last confirmed report in a lake in CA was at Silverwood back in 1997.

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