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Conservation teams in Maryland pay bounty rewards for invasive fish caught

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Editorial Board Published May 3, 2025
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Little boy impresses dad by catching his first fish

A bit child in Vonore, Tennessee, reeled in his first fish just lately, to the intense delight of his dad. Lovely footage from Jaylon Beasley exhibits the second his three-year-old son caught the fish all by himself after feeling a snag on the road.

Anglers in Maryland are as soon as once more uniting to place a cease to an invasive fish species whereas additionally reeling in a couple of bucks alongside the best way.

The “Reel Rewards” program, launched in 2024 by a coalition of native conservation teams, pays fishermen $30 for each snakehead, blue and flathead they catch within the Baltimore harbor.

“Invasive fish species threaten the Baltimore Harbor ecosystem, economy, and native species,” the group’s web site says. 

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“Invasive snakehead, blue catfish, and flathead catfish prey on and compete for resources with native species that are important to anglers and businesses,” the positioning additionally notes.

Anglers can catch as much as a most of 15 fish heads or our bodies per week — and it doesn’t matter whether or not the fish is caught on land or by boat.

Conservation teams in Maryland pay bounty rewards for invasive fish caught

Folks can earn $30 per invasive fish by way of Maryland’s “Reel Rewards” program in Baltimore harbor. (iStock)

Snakeheads have scales just like a boa or python, giving that means to their identify.

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They are often discovered on the backside of shallow, slow-moving, weedy waters, in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

The initiative goals to manage snakeheads and catfish populations threatening the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Solar/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photographs)

The fish have giant mouths filled with pointed tooth, in response to FWS.

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Snakeheads fluctuate in measurement, however typically vary from stretching just a few inches to over three toes lengthy, in response to New York Invasive Species. 

Snakeheads have giant mouths filled with pointed tooth, in response to FWS. (iStock)

This system asks that every one fishermen adhere to the Maryland Division of Pure Sources fishing rules and have correct licenses.

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Fox Information Digital reached out to the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative for remark. 

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