Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Tidal Basin and Snakeheads

It reads like the life jacket references for boats, "Wear your PFD". It's a good idea and a great recommendation, but if an officer is in front of you and you take it off (or drop a snakehead back in), I believe he's not able to write you up. 

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but all jurisdictions should be much clearer about the actual laws, also so we know whether they need changing either way.

On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:08 PM, Dalton Terrell <daltonbterrell@gmail.com> wrote:

The DC website reads as if there is a requirement to kill the Snakehead, but I can't find an actual regulation that requires this practice.

See the DC fishing regs here, under Title 19, Chapter 15: https://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Common/DCMR/RuleList.aspx?ChapterNum=19-15&ChapterId=149

The regulations related to fishing predate the discovery of the Snakehead in the Potomac drainage, with the most recent regulations becoming effective in 2000.

I just shot DC DOEE an e-mail to see if they view it as a requirement or a recommendation. I'll let you know when or if they get back to me.

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