Wild catch: Volunteers weighing a giant snakehead fish caught during a fishing competition at the Deduru Oya reservoir in Kurunegala.
THE country urged people to catch and cook invasive fish species, including the giant snakehead and piranhas, that threaten fragile freshwater ecosystems and are now banned.
The Fisheries Ministry launched a nationwide campaign by hosting a fishing competition at a reservoir in central Kurunegala district, where more than 1,000 anglers were instructed to reel in only the introduced predators.
