I got this email today. I'm not plugging them or pushing this supplier, but thought if would be of interest to some of you. Moderators if this is not appropriate please feel free to remove it or whatever.

FRESHWATER SHRIMP

For the past several years we have been harvesting "freshwater shrimp" (Gammarus lacustris) for stocking in ponds for waterfowl enhancement. Over the past two years, we have been getting more and more calls from folks that have trout or other fish and want shrimp for stocking in these ponds...extremely high in protein and a natural native food source!

We are located in Minnesota and can only harvest shrimp in January, February and first part of March. On occasion, if there is enough ice and snow cover, we can get some harvest in later December. This year may be one of those cases as we already have 5 to 6 inches of ice.

We are contacting you to inquire if you are interested in any shrimp yourself or if you would like to offer shrimp to your customers (current customers as well as past customers). Orders will be taken and filled on a first come first serve basis. Since we harvest from native ponds, total harvest is always an unknown. The best option is to order early to allow us ample time to put your order together. Ordering at the end of the harvest season is always the riskiest as ice becomes more unsafe and then we just have to discontinue harvest for safety reasons.

We sell shrimp by the gallon.

There are 20 to 40 thousands shrimp per gallon. That's a lot of shrimp!

If we can line up enough orders, we will make routes and deliver the shrimp ourselves for best handling and delivery.

Otherwise, we can ship them.

IMPORTANT...shrimp have to be released within 48 hours of packaging as they are live critters. If shipped, we ship in 5 gallon Styrofoam containers next day delivery (1 gallon per container with an equal amount of water added). That will provide 24 hours for shipping and 24 hours for stocking. Shrimp can be released into the pond that you want stocked or they can be released into stock tanks for temporary holding and distribution.

Cost - $95 per gallon (about $0.003 cents per shrimp) * Price is subject to change. Order early to hold this price.

Shipping - varies depending on location $40 to $100 per gallon. Shipping will be prorated if a route can be set up. These are "next day" delivery costs. We can and have delivered from coast to coast.

Sales Commission - If you are interested in offering shrimp to your customers for their ponds, we would be happy to set you up with a sales commission of 10% on gross sales. A performance increase to 15% may be granted with larger sales volumes.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will look forward to hearing from you!

Kyle, PLM
http://www.HabitatNOW.com

I went to the website and here is the contact info:



PLM, Prairie Land Management, Inc.
10 Marsh Street
Glenwood, Minnesota 56334

Phone 320-268-3396
Fax 320-268-3565
TOLL FREE 1-888-479-1760
[email protected]

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