[Coral-List] US protects iconic marine snail of the Caribbean, Queen Conch

[Sarah Frias-Torres]

Doug,
Dr. Meghan Davies, first at Harbor Branch Oceanographic, now at Florida Atlantic University, has pioneered the captive breeding of Queen Conch for restoration and conservation purposes. Over 40 years of work, Dr. Davies and her team have developed collaborations in Florida and the Caribbean.
You can learn more here
https://www.fau.edu/hboi/research/aquaculture-innovation/center-for-marine-and-warm-water-aquaculture/research/queen-conch/

Sarah Frias-Torres, PhD

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfriastorres


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https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-protecting-queen-cell-therapy-solid-tumors-and-uv-telescope

Very nice photo.  Note the eyes.  I remember seeing HUGE piles of shells in
the Bahamas many decades ago.  Also I read long ago that there were
breeding programs for it.  I wonder if they are still in operation?

Cheers, Doug
--
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Costanza, R. 2023. To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth.
Nature 624: 519-521.   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8

Fossil fuel air pollution kills 5 million people world-wide per year
https://www.yahoo.com/news/research-shows-disturbing-between-millions-200000257.html

World's richest 1% emit as much as 5 billion people
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Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

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