CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The snakehead fish, a Chinese predator that has
caused alarm on the East Coast, has been found for the first time in
North Carolina, a state scientist has confirmed.
Charlotte fisherman Gene Polk said he and a fishing partner caught
the two toothy footlong fish Wednesday morning in Lake Wylie.
Scientists in Maryland are scrambling to wipe out the spawn of two
adult snakeheads dumped into a pond two years earlier. The fish, sold
live in markets, can grow to more than 3 feet long, feed voraciously
on other fish and slither short distances on land.
A federal proposal would ban people from importing snakeheads or
shipping them across state lines. The fish, allowed in North
Carolina, are banned in 14 states.
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