Fish get reprieve amid legal wrangling
State needs owners' OK to poison snakehead pond; 'Weak language' delays work; Environmental, insurance concerns are at issue

Man, the Dreaded Chinese Snakehead Walking Fish of Maryland is the Yasser Arafat of alien species -- you just can't get rid of it. The pond owners aren't happy with the agreements the state is offering and won't give permission to poison the DCSWF/M. They're working on it.