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Like I said I have spoke with Michael Sloan I was very persistent to get in contact and thems the rules.. No matter what its considered "import"

Forgot to mention Americulture only does Males too no females.

Thats not the way the law works. You cant just use general terms and say thats just the way it works. The law has to be very specific. What a joke..

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I've seen shirts saying "question authority and the authorities will question you." And that was pre-9/11.
*sigh*

Do they use the hormone food method ???
If they do , you still have an excellent chance of getting females ,, conversion using this method is usually only 95%. Keep an eye out for any fish showing shopping tendencies:)

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Valmeyer got their start that way....ordered "all male" and found the few females in the batch.

Rules are for the obedience of the ignorant and the guidance of the wise. If you are wise, you can appear to be following the rules, while making up your own.

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I was being overly general on it but that was the general message. NO YOU CAAAAANT HAVE IT!! not without all these different things and you must fill out what you are doing etc etc. Its doable and all that just overly complex imo.. And I live about 15 miles from the river in a desert they would need to evolve to be able to do "reconstitution" when touched by water!



I cracked up at that, I have no idea what they feed them :/ I suppose I could give a call.

Not sure what "cracked you up" but laughing is always a good thing , the world needs more laughter.
Here's a link to my supplier of Tilapia in Thailand ,, good reading and the guy is an OUTRIGHT EXPERT,, I've been to the farm several times , GREAT set-up.

http://www.tilapiathai.com/

AHHh , for those that don't know , I have a farm in Thailand ,, these fish are used there NOT imported into Aus ( that's illegal).

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I call a Spade a Spade,,,you can turn it upside down and paint itred but it's still a Spade.

Forgot ,, it has an expalnation of the "hormone food sexing method".

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I'm sure there is a joke there somewhere about chocolate cake and women

Sounds liek they have called it an "import permit" but it is really something else. If you get too upset they just say "OK then we will change the name of it, but you still have to do it".

Live close to the border? You could always go for a drive

Lmao i could see comming back across the border and getting caught with all those fish
They would make me pay an import tax and prob detain my fish untill i had a import permit. man id be pissed

When i get my hands on some Tilapia im going to be come a fish smuggler selling black market Tilapia to everyone in NM, With my luck me and Slicer are the only ones looking for the damn fish in this state.

I bet this company would mail the fish

http://www.aquanet.com/aquastore/product_info.php?products_id=279&osCsid=67c3e2505267fa7fd4ffa59cc94d171b

There is no way in hell i would ever pay that much

Dwolf, man i just read this whole thread!

I tell ya, i can feel your anger, and believe me i'd be worse! Surely they dont have border checks between your states? The only time i've seen checks here is when they had an outbreak of that horse flu................all other times you just see a road sign saying "welcome to victoria and smile for the speed cameras"

Seriously? i'd either be doing the cross border run or get one of the many members here to ship you an order UPS does overnight dont they? just dont mark it fish, and my favourite? claim ignorance if busted.

Isn't it the way? You'd probably have more luck with a boot (trunk) load of dope!

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When said here, "The Border" usually refers to the one between the USA and Mexico. They have gates and like to check for drugs and illegal immigrants. They are not amused when they find either.

Borders between states are not checked. You just drive across.

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we got a fairly effective "border" its call the ocean and if they get passed that the drop bears take 'em down

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