Gentlemen,

I'm still waiting for a response on the legality of the Talapia. I did find a IDNR link which I posted on another thread, which indicates we need a permit to stock talapia in Indiana. I could be wrong but I'm getting the impression the two individuals I contacted via email are reluctant to respond and potentially hoping I will give up. Wouldn't be the first time. But in all fairness maybe they are busy.

It could be they object to the stocking but can't refuse the permit. Or they are talking it over. I've been in that situation before too. They changed the rules on me once when I was getting an aquaculture permit to plant grass carp myself. Apparently they had a pow wow and decided that was a big no no, and denied my permit from then on. So I was back to paying more for a supplier with an aquaculture permit to deliver them, than the grass carp themselves. Of course I could circumvent that by keeping a few in a pond and selling a few.

What I find ridiculous about the fact that they feel more secure with only a dealer with an aquaculture permit planting the fish, and maintaining these dealers must make sure there is no way they can escape from your pond is, the dealers don't really care. The ones I got were delivered by a summer college student that wasn't interested in that at all. Go figure. I guess it looks good on paper. :rolleyes:

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.