DREISSENID MUSSELS
Idaho State Department of Agriculture Intercepts Boat
with Live Mussels Onboard (5/17/16) <http://media.spokesman.com/documents/2016/05/ISDA_News_release_boat_interception_May_2016.pdf>
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has
intercepted a boat on U.S. Highway 93, north of Jackpot, Nev. carrying
prohibited aquatic invasive species. The fouled watercraft was purchased
recently in Nevada, after being moored in Lake Mead, a known quagga- and
zebra-infested waterbody. While traveling through Idaho to its final
destination in Auburn, Wash., the boat passed one of ISDA's invasive species
check stations without stopping for inspection, as required by Idaho law. A
Twin Falls County Sheriff's deputy stopped the boat hauler and escorted the
vehicle back to ISDA's Highway 93 check station for inspection. Field tests
indicated the mussels in and on the boat were alive. The boat has been
impounded by ISDA and will be released in the next 30 days after a thorough and
complete decontamination.
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