Snakehead Fish in Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake Poisoned
August 25th, 2008
Snakehead Fish are aggressive predator fish native to Asia that somehow made their way to New York and started their merciless slaughter of native species in Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake. Officials had to take drastic measures and poisoned the water in both the creek and the lake with pesticides to eliminate unwanted Snakehead Fish.
New York biologists say Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake were invaded by Northern Snakehead Fish and action was needed before they could spread to other state’s bodies of water. Organic pesticide Rotenone was used to poison Snakehead Fish and so far the biologists found 220 of them dead throughout Orange County.
Poisoning of Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake in the town of Wawayanda also claimed lives of eight tons of other fish, but drastic measures were necessary to prevent bigger disaster. 1400 native fish were removed from the water prior to application of Rotenone. All of them will be returned to their natural habitat after the organic pesticide completely dissipated.
Snakehead Fish are an aggressive predator of native fishes and swift action was required in order to prevent their spread to the Wallkill and Hudson rivers. So far it looks like the action was fruitful.
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