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[SIZE=+2]Snakehead fish banned in Illinois [/SIZE]
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources recently filed an emergency rule banning the importation, possession and release of snakehead fish in Illinois, declaring the snakehead an "injurious species" posing a threat to wildlife, aquatic life and habitat in the state.
Illinois' action complements efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to impose a nationwide ban on importation and interstate transportation of snakeheads by adding the family of 28 snakehead species to the federal list of "injurious wildlife" under the Lacey Act.
"The threat of the snakehead is significant, given its voracious appetite, its ability to live in or out of water virtually anywhere in the country and its potential for causing enormous damage to native fish and wildlife," DNR Director Brent Manning said. "To try to prevent the escape or release of snakeheads in Illinois, we are prohibiting possession of them, effective immediately."
Illinois joins at least 13 other states which have banned possession of snakehead fish, and its emergency rule will be in place for 150 days while a permanent rule is being adopted.
The emergency rule bans possession, propagation, buying, selling, bartering or transfer of snakehead species unless a permit is obtained from the DNR. The rule also bans the release of snakeheads. Violations are punishable by fines of up to $5,000. Snakehead species have been available in the U.S. as aquarium fish and in markets and restaurants for human consumption. The fish are long and cylindrical in shape, have enlarged scales on their heads, a large mouth and large, canine-like teeth. Its air breathing capability allows the snakehead to migrate on land from one body of water to another, endure low oxygen levels in water or under ice and survive transport to fish markets.
For a complete text of the emergency rule, visit DNR's website at http://dnr.state.il.us/legal/805-emergency.htm. For more information on snakehead fish, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website at http://www.fws.gov/snakeheadfstotal.pdf.
Or just call 1(847) 298-3250 or 1(217) 793-9554 from a pay phone in a different town and disguise your voice so they can't trace it back to you (tho they can!).
Dr Joe
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[SIZE=+2]Snakehead fish banned in Illinois [/SIZE]
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources recently filed an emergency rule banning the importation, possession and release of snakehead fish in Illinois, declaring the snakehead an "injurious species" posing a threat to wildlife, aquatic life and habitat in the state.
Illinois' action complements efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to impose a nationwide ban on importation and interstate transportation of snakeheads by adding the family of 28 snakehead species to the federal list of "injurious wildlife" under the Lacey Act.
"The threat of the snakehead is significant, given its voracious appetite, its ability to live in or out of water virtually anywhere in the country and its potential for causing enormous damage to native fish and wildlife," DNR Director Brent Manning said. "To try to prevent the escape or release of snakeheads in Illinois, we are prohibiting possession of them, effective immediately."
Illinois joins at least 13 other states which have banned possession of snakehead fish, and its emergency rule will be in place for 150 days while a permanent rule is being adopted.
The emergency rule bans possession, propagation, buying, selling, bartering or transfer of snakehead species unless a permit is obtained from the DNR. The rule also bans the release of snakeheads. Violations are punishable by fines of up to $5,000. Snakehead species have been available in the U.S. as aquarium fish and in markets and restaurants for human consumption. The fish are long and cylindrical in shape, have enlarged scales on their heads, a large mouth and large, canine-like teeth. Its air breathing capability allows the snakehead to migrate on land from one body of water to another, endure low oxygen levels in water or under ice and survive transport to fish markets.
For a complete text of the emergency rule, visit DNR's website at http://dnr.state.il.us/legal/805-emergency.htm. For more information on snakehead fish, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website at http://www.fws.gov/snakeheadfstotal.pdf.
Or just call 1(847) 298-3250 or 1(217) 793-9554 from a pay phone in a different town and disguise your voice so they can't trace it back to you (tho they can!).
Dr Joe
.