The one on ice was electro shocked by Marylands DNR and was used as a display for the event. It was kept on ice after it died and we were told that it would be pickeled/preserved.
I don’t eat fish and if I did, would not eat any resident fish from the Potomac, note the usage of the term ‘bm’ above. The river is full of heavy metals, hormones, and human feces. Not to mention all the stuff that is washed off of the streets, farms, and lawns. There is a
I think perhaps these fish shouldn’t be imported? Neither should snakes be imported if they are dangerous to our wild life. The everglades is apparently loaded with dangerous reptiles.
I know what went on in Crofton, Md. when a person released snake heads in a local lake. It cost the state several thousand dollars to poison the lake to rid it of these fish. Perhaps , you are familiar with that problem.
I heard a biologist speak on this issue and it sounds like we are stuck with another species that we don’t need. Same goes with the everglades and snakes.