Department of Natural Resources warns snakeheads may be breeding more than once

ANNAPOLIS — The invasive northern snakehead — recently given the name Chesapeake Channa — may be breeding twice each season, according to biologists with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

This non-native fish species is on DNR’s most wanted list, urging anglers to catch as many as possible and to destroy them — if not eaten — rather than returning them to Maryland waters.

Joseph Love, a Maryland DNR biologist, wrote a report indicating that female have been found with egg clutches in two different sizes, indicating two spawning seasons…

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