According to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, recent reports from Maryland and Virginia on the presence of snakehead fish in their waters are cause for concern for West Virginia. Snakeheads have not been collected by the WVDNR fisheries staff, or reported caught by anglers in West Virginia waters, but they have been found in a pet shop and in a home aquarium.
Read more in the Monday, February 9, edition of the West Virginia Daily News.