Maryland Laws
- Thread starter Greg31
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whoa I thought all snake heads was not allowed in the US .... That wouild be awesome if I am wrong
I just did those two are not listed on the MAryland DNR invasive species list. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/invasives/ Now you still have to check the US fish and Wildlife list. Then find away to get one into the country because as soon as it hits customs US fish and Wild life will make an addendum to the current law tomake them prohibited. I did half the work for you you do the rest.
I did the rest of the work for you the only one listed by the USDA is the Channa Argus or Northern Snakehead.
Just Prince;3685269; said:
Sorry, but this is a load of old bull.
I think you will find the claus will cover new speices and variants.
Otherwise I could think of many many snakeheads that are not on that list that could just be variants of others or could be completely new speicies.
Maryland does allow dwarf tropical species to be kept legally within the state. However, only those bred within the state can ever become available until the federal trafficing laws change. There is a federal ban on taking any species of snakehead across state lines. This is why Maryland lfs do not bring any in. Stringent record keeping would have to be kept on any dwarf tropical SH displayed in a lfs. Why risk your pet business over a couple of species?
I don't think snakeheads should be allowed because there are just to many irresponsible people that would keep them in a 20g and after they get to big they release them into the nearest body of water they could find. I think this past summer 2 snakeheads were caught by fisher men in the Patomic River. They were thinking of adding posion to the water to insure that they don't kill all of our native fish. Just like the saying goes all it take is 1 person to ruin all the fun for everone else.
