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: African snakehead (Parachanna obscura); Bangka snakehead (Channa bankanensis); Baram snakehead (Channa baramensis); Barca snakehead (Channa barca); Black snakehead (Channa melasoma); Blackfinned snakehead (Channa melanoptera); Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); Bluespotted snakehead (Channa cyanospilos); Bullseye snakehead (Channa marulius); Burmese snakehead (Channa burmanica); Ceylon snakehead (Channa orientalis); Chel snakehead (Channa amphibeus); Chevron snakehead (Channa striata); Chinese snakehead (Channa asiatica); Congo snakehead (Parachanna insignis); Dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua); Emperor snakehead (Channa maruloides); Giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes); Golden snakehead (Channa stewartii); Inle snakehead (Channa harcourtbutleri); Niger snakehead (Parachanna africana); Night snakehead (Channa nox); Northern snakehead (Channa argus); Ocellated snakehead (Channa pleurophthalmus); Orangespotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata); Panaw snakehead (Channa panaw); Rainbow snakehead (Channa bleheri); Splendid snakehead (Channa lucius); and Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata). A person may not sell or breed live snakehead fish of the Family Channidae in the State. Except as provided in §D of this regulation, a person may not possess the viable eggs or live snakehead fish of the species: Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); and Northern snakehead (Channa argus). Except as described in §E of this regulation, an individual may only possess a snakehead if, immediately upon capture, the snakehead is killed. 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.