Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Grass Carp and Federal Shutdown

This is not a political post and please don't make it one as it's against the forum rules. However I heard from one of my bod's at our state aquaculture conference yesterday, that is a fish farmer and hauler, that he's making his last trip to Malone and Son's to pick up grass carp. Apparently the triploid inspections are done by federal workers.

Just thought I'd pass this on.

Cecil, I'll find out. I will be there Tuesady picking up GC.

Maybe he's talking about the USFWS? From Malones website:
This process is often variable, therefore, to ensure only high ploidy groups of grass carp are stocked for production, J.M. Malone and Son, Inc. tests each group of grass carp fry before they are stocked into nursery ponds and each group of grass carp fingerlings before they are stocked into production ponds. Then, before triploid grass carp can be sold each fish must be individually blood tested to ensure it is triploid. Once each fish has been individually tested using a coulter counter, a USFWS inspector visits the farm and randomly retests 120 fish from each prospective shipment. If all of the 120 randomly selected fish are triploid a certificate is issued verifying that every fish in the prospective shipment is in fact a triploid. If even one diploid is found during the random inspection of the prospective shipment, no certificate is issued and every fish in the shipment must be individually retested. Before a certificate can be issued another 120 randomly selected fish must pass another USFWS inspection. Once an inspection is passed and a certificate is issued triploid grass carp may be shipped from the farm.

I'm sure he was Scott.

I'm sure you're a go but if it was me i'd call to make sure!

I'm a go. Phone call was done on Friday and pickup was verified.

Now getting there and back will be the trick. A friend that lives in Wynn said all the main roads have major construction projects on them, and traffic is terrible. He said to avoid I-40 at all costs. He gave me a back road route to take.