A staple of many cuisines in the Las Vegas Valley will no longer be available starting Saturday. Blue tilapia is one of two fish, along with the Australian redclaw crayfish, that won’t be allowed in Nevada if it’s alive.
Sea Tak, a wholesale live fish distributor in Las Vegas, depends heavily on live blue tilapia. Co-owner Tony Pappas says the vast majority of fish in his warehouse are blue tilapia, with largemouth bass making up a small minority.
“Our total gross sales is about 85% of this live Tilapia and we will no longer have that,” fellow co-owner Michelle Jeannest told FOX5 Friday.
Pappas and Jeannest won’t be able to apply for a renewal of their license to carry live tilapia because of a new policy adopted by the Nevada Department of Wildlife…
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