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Snakehead fish for sale in california9/11/2023 “Other agencies and groups send records here as well, and it is up-to-date for Northern Snakehead (other than records for Blue Marsh Lake, which were just recently sent in).”ĭesko is the southeast region outreach education coordinator for the fish and boat commission, which includes Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia and Schuylkill counties.īosch’s report to the commission was not logged on the USGS site as of June 7. Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database,” said the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Andrew Desko in a May 31 email. “Our agency sends all confirmed records of aquatic invasive species, such as northern snakehead, to the U.S. The first confirmed harvest of the fish in Pennsylvania occurred in Philadelphia’s FDR Park in 2004. Geological Survey keeps an online database of northern snakehead harvests online in its Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database. The first official record of one being harvested was in 2017 at Bernhart Dam reservoir in Muhlenberg Township. On May 21, he harvested a female with an egg sack he estimates was 18 to 24 inches long while hunting carp in the Maiden Creek along Route 662 in Richmond Township where it meets Moselem Creek and empties into Lake Ontelaunee. Unfortunately for Oley Township resident Brad Bosch, there is no bounty for the invasive species in Pennsylvania. “Only harvested northern snakeheads with reported tags will qualify for gift cards.” “In order to qualify, the harvester must report the tag number to USFWS at 80, and is asked to take a picture of their harvested and tagged northern snakehead,” the MDNR website states. Fish and Wildlife Service to place blue or yellow tags on 500 snakehead in an effort to monitor their population.
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