12 minutes ago, Logan S said:

One thing about this statement.... MD and VA DNR's don't say that you can kill them, they both say that you SHOULD kill them.  It might seem like semantics, but that distinction it pretty important when determining the 'official' stance on the fish by authorities.  They don't want them in the ecosystem.  

Sure, but I am not really concerned about what MD DNR “wants”.  LMB are/were an “invasive” species, same as the wild horses on Assateague.  Give the snakeheads a few more decades, they will be thought of just like bass are now. 

7 minutes ago, Junger said:

They already say that they must be killed if taken in possession, so that's an official position. Should and Must are also very different, and it leaves the decision in the hands of the angler. If you want to kill them, I have no problem with it. I just don't like when people get the facts wrong and say that they must be killed all the time.

I don't have my facts wrong.  They encourage anglers to kill snakeheads even if they decide not to keep them (IE - they should be killed but it's not required) with an added caveat that if you are going to keep one, it must be dead.

And just for the record.  Largemouth bass may not be "Native" to some waters, but it is not "Invasive".  

 

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)
 

Common name: Largemouth Bass
 

Taxonomy: available through 
 

Identification: Becker (1983); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994); Moyle (2002); Page and Burr (2011).

 

Size: 97 cm.
 

Native Range: St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from southern Quebec to Minnesota and south to the Gulf; Atlantic Slope drainages from North Carolina to Florida; Gulf Slope drainages from southern Florida into northern Mexico (Page and Burr 2011).

15 minutes ago, Logan S said:

I don't have my facts wrong.  They encourage anglers to kill snakeheads even if they decide not to keep them (IE - they should be killed but it's not required) with an added caveat that if you are going to keep one, it must be dead.

Didn't mean you had your facts wrong, I meant people in general basically state that they must be killed in all circumstances, which is happening a lot. Yes, agreed, your facts are 100%.