Shipping Abalone?

So I want to send an ab and ling fillets to NY, I have a pretty good idea how but was wondering if I could gain insight on this from the vast and superior knowledge of NCKA.
I was going to get a insulated box from a grocery store, I would think they just toss them, and dry ice, but Im not sure how much dry ice... I think it would be easy to do but again, always good to ask the experts.

I did it once, I used overnight and was probably overzealous in making sure it stayed frozen.  Don't remember where I got the box but it was a small styrofoam chest with a cardboard box outside, pretty much a normal frozen food shipping container.

I froze the ab solid, wrapped it loosely in several layers of newspaper, put it in the chest, laid 2 pounds of dry ice on top and more newspaper to tighten up the space.

I packaged it up and dropped it off at Fed Ex late in the afternoon, paid thru the nose for an early delivery next day.

At 930am I the next day I got a call from the girl in Mobile,  it was already sitting on her desk.

I believe that there's a 5# limit on dry ice, then it gets into another class of shipping and you can't use regular service, also I found that the Fed Ex employees weren't up on their regs so they didn't want to take it even with 2# of dry ice, just so happened I knew the regs as part of a job I once had and was able to convince them of the 5# limit and all was well.

If I was to do it again I would just say it was frozen food and not mention the dry ice unless asked,

With shipping costs being what they are it's probably a good idea to research your options (size/wt/timing), the Fed Ex office nearest me has some great employees that have given me advice and saved me some bucks over the years.

Hope you friends enjoy their seafood.

Thanks Dale. I have a feeling with the right insulation it would be frozen for a day or two.

You can try USPS, next day delivery which they say, IF IT FITS IT SHIPS. I do it all the time sending it to Chicago. I don't even need a dry ice, one time I put dry ice on it, My parents said, they opened the box to see what's inside. Dry ice makes a havoc in an airplane. As we know, next day delivery sometimes goes in the airplane.

Just fillet it, vacuum seal it, frozen it and put in the box and freeze it again with the box. Lastly, ship it to USPS. I think it's only $14.95.

I do it with crabs too.

Randy