Fishing News
Pet owner released fish, police say
By ANGELA POTTER
ANNAPOLIS - Maryland Natural Resource police said the exotic and potentially harmful northern snakehead fish recently discovered in a Central Maryland pond were first dumped there by a pet owner.
The Maryland resident released two foot-long fish into the Crofton pond two years ago, police said Thursday.
``They outgrew the capability of his care, so the individual chose to release them into what he felt ... was a safe environment,'' said Capt. Mark Sanders of the Maryland Natural Resources police.
No charges were filed against the owner, whom police would not name, because the statute of limitations has expired, he said.
Since the release of the two adult fish, the species has spread into what may be hundreds of offspring, causing concern among state biologists that the meat-eating fish could take over native populations.
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