Other invasive fish species in the state include the flathead catfish, which was first found in the Potomac River in the Williamsport area and has steadily increased in population over the last ...

The opening day of striped bass season brought robust fishing action across the Potomac River, the mouth of the Patuxent ...

There’s not much that the Northern Snakehead Fish can’t do. It’s an aggressive hunter ... in frequency in parts of the ...

The recent discovery of sea lamprey in the Potomac River has sparked significant debate. Some believe it is a native species that should ... According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Big catfish eat smaller native fish species, and that’s why D.C. recommends ... In a secret spot on the banks of the Potomac River, just past Georgetown, a fishing rod has begun to twitch.

A global review of research around the impacts of dams has found they are significantly harmful to diadromous species—fish, ...

The Potomac is not the river it was when George Washington ... But the other introduced species aren’t the point; the native fish are, says Dan Simberloff, an ecologist at the University of ...

We have a new — and unwelcome — resident in our stretch of the Potomac River ... Many of the local fish caught today were introduced species like smallmouth bass (est. 1854), carp (est.

Sea lampreys are an invasive species initially native to the ... claiming it was ‘the first sea lamprey caught in the Potomac River.’ The fish migrate from the Chesapeake Bay to the freshwater ...

(WRIC) — As Virginians break out their fishing rods this summer ... Chowan and Dismal Swamp River Basin, James River Basin, New River Basin, Potomac River Basin, Rappahannock River Basin ...