FRANKENFISH MUST DIE :

State officials begin to poison snakehead : Three ponds with "alien" fish treated (The Associated Press, August 18, 2002)

Maryland officials took steps Sunday to rid the state of the notorious snakehead fish by choking the Chinese natives with oxygen-killing herbicides.

"This is the beginning of the end for the snakehead fish," said Heather Lynch, Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman. "Time is up."

Why does the confidence with which she says that make one suspect the northern snakehead will become as ubiquitous as sunfish in a few years? Posted by Orrin Judd at August 18, 2002 6:09 PM