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- 2. Fiesta Queen Statistics • 110 feet Long 20 feet wide • Dinner and Wedding Boat • 5 fresh water intakes for 3 diesel engines and 2 support pump engines. • 149 passenger capacity • 25 ton net tonnage • Side Wheel Paddle Boat
- 4. Timeline • Boat Sold out of Laughlin Nevada on March 15 owner shipping it to Saskatchewan • Notified by NPS that the boat is in Utah at Wahweep on April 9 • Transported by Regelman Family Motor Sports • Interdiction starts on April 10. Aramark inc. assists • Aramark and Boat-owner negotiate a daily storage rate
- 8. Timeline Continued • Boat is decontaminated on April 27 with 140 degree hot water in all areas where standing water existed. • Utah drafts a letter certifying the boat as clean and notifies states and provinces of the release. • Fiesta Queen is released on May 8.
- 9. You can find a video showing the cleaning of the fiesta queen on the Oregon Sea Grant website.
- 10. Estimated Costs • Approx. $6000.00 Storage at Aramark paid by the boat owner. • Division equipment and personnel costs in excess of $12,000.00 • Does not include lab costs and time and effort by NPS and others.
- 11. Lessons Learned • A cooperative Boat Owner made all the difference. • Preplan for the potential interdiction of a large vessel.(Storage, decontamination issues etc.) • Boat Haulers in this case were not concerned about the threat. • The current Network of notification is good and getting better as we go.
- 12. Thanks to these Agencies • National Park Service • Aramark Inc. • Arizona Game and Fish • Idaho Dept. of Agriculture • US Fish and Wildlife Service
Editor's Notes
- Parks service personnel see the boat sitting on the side of the road just inside Utah and observe what they believe are quagga mussels. They are waiting for oversize permits from Utah Department of Transportation. In the meantime Amy Ferriter had tracked down the boat haulers contact info and Larry Dalton was able to talk to them at the scene. Law enforcement responds. Aramark not enthusiastic about working with us or the hauler on storage due to past experiences with this particular hauler.
- Intake Cover with live Quagga inside.
- Water filter with live Quagga inside.
- Still finding live viable Quagga Mussels on the 24th of April.Received a letter from the Saskatchewon government ministry of the environment thanking everyone for their efforts.
- Biologists and law enforcement personnel at the scene. Mileage on state trucks to respond and an estimate of the wear and tear on equipment used.