BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The snakehead fish is an invasive species that came into Maryland in the early 2000s. They’ve been a big problem for our aquatic ecosystem because they eat everything, but ...

The introduction of Chesapeake Channa in the Blackwater River drainage has led to a decline in the relative abundance of 19 out of 22 native fish species. The arrival of Chesapeake Channa has altered ...

MARYLAND (7News) — Maryland officials for years have tried to limit northern snakehead populations, and a soon-to-be signed bill to rename the fish might lure more people to harvest the fish, ...

MARYLAND -- Maryland's effort to fight back against the spreading, invasive northern snakehead fish, now known as the Chesapeake Channa, could be facing a new challenge in the fish's breeding patterns ...

Human beings are supposed to be the apex predators in the Chesapeake Bay region. Just look at all the things people kill and consume: Chickens, cows, crabs, chocolate cake (Marylanders naturally seem ...

Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson (D) announced “spotted channa” as the winner of the county’s snakehead naming contest during the board’s weekly meeting Tuesday.The winning name was submitted ...

Chesapeake Channa adults were first documented in Maryland, thousands of miles from their native habitat in East Asia in 2002. Subsequent illegal introductions and natural dispersal in the decades ...