(Bass - catch, kill and retain) State biologists on the hunt for non-native fish likely planted illegally

[WB Staff]

State fish biologists spread gillnets in Anchorage's Sand Lake on Thursday to capture any bass that might be there, after an angler Monday night caught a juvenile bass, a predator that's not native to Alaska and could threaten other fish.

"Wanted! Dead," exclaims a poster on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Facebook page, with a picture of a bass and a message to anglers to kill any they catch and call the agency.

"They have the potential to become an invasive species and introduce diseases into water they are released into," said the poster.

The poster does not offer a monetary reward. It does, however, note that transporting and releasing live fish into Alaska waters is illegal.

More info and video from Fish and Game (catch, kill and retain) : https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlif ... sand-lake/