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Regulation .06 Snakehead Prohibitions.

Regulation .06 Snakehead Prohibitions.Copy Citation

A.
Except as authorized by 50 CFR Part 16, a person may not import, transport, or introduce into the State any live fish or viable eggs of snakehead fish of the Family Channidae, including but not limited to:
(1)
African snakehead (Parachanna obscura);
(2)
Bangka snakehead (Channa bankanensis);
(3)
Baram snakehead (Channa baramensis);
(4)
Barca snakehead (Channa barca);
(5)
Black snakehead (Channa melasoma);
(6)
Blackfinned snakehead (Channa melanoptera);
(7)
Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata);
(8)
Bluespotted snakehead (Channa cyanospilos);
(9)
Bullseye snakehead (Channa marulius);
(10)
Burmese snakehead (Channa burmanica);
(11)
Ceylon snakehead (Channa orientalis);
(12)
Chel snakehead (Channa amphibeus);
(13)
Chevron snakehead (Channa striata);
(14)
Chinese snakehead (Channa asiatica);
(15)
Congo snakehead (Parachanna insignis);
(16)
Dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua);
(17)
Emperor snakehead (Channa maruloides);
(18)
Giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes);
(19)
Golden snakehead (Channa stewartii);
(20)
Inle snakehead (Channa harcourtbutleri);
(21)
Niger snakehead (Parachanna africana);
(22)
Night snakehead (Channa nox);
(23)
Northern snakehead (Channa argus);
(24)
Ocellated snakehead (Channa pleurophthalmus);
(25)
Orangespotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata);
(26)
Panaw snakehead (Channa panaw);
(27)
Rainbow snakehead (Channa bleheri);
(28)
Splendid snakehead (Channa lucius); and
(29)
Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata).
B.
A person may not sell or breed live snakehead fish of the Family Channidae in the State.
C.
Except as provided in §D of this regulation, a person may not possess the viable eggs or live snakehead fish of the species:
(1)
Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); and
(2)
Northern snakehead (Channa argus).
D.
Except as described in §E of this regulation, an individual may only possess a snakehead if, immediately upon capture, the snakehead is killed.
E.
The Department may issue a permit for the possession of a live snakehead fish for scientific purposes to a properly accredited person of known scientific attainment.