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Snakehead Caught—And Released—In Catawba River

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9403
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Last spring a Northern snakehead was caught and released in the Catawba River. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has urged anglers not to release any further catches but to freeze or put them on ice and to notify the Commission. This fish, an Asian native, can displace local fish populations where it has been illegally introduced. Since 2002, transporting, purchasing, possessing, or selling live snakeheads in North Carolina has been illegal.
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