[Coral-List] protection for Queen Conch snails considered

[Charles Delbeek]

Anyone know how the population has responded in FL since the 1975 ban went
into effect?

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On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 2:15 PM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> U.S. mulls stronger protections for iconic Caribbean conch, raising
> concerns among fishers
>
> Showy Queen conchs, valued for their meat, are overharvested in many places
>
>
> https://avanan.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=https%3A//www.science.org/content/article/u-s-mulls-stronger-protections-iconic-caribbean-conch-raising-concern-among-fishers&g=OWU1NTEyZDhlZDZkNGI0OA==&h=MzIyOGU3YWFhZTNhMGM5N2NmOWNlMzZmNTg4OTdhMTQzYWVhYmE5OWZhMGZkZTNkNTRiMzYxZGNhM2M5NTYxNQ==&p=YXAzOmNhbGFjYWRlbXk6YTpnOjhlMGExNzUyZDRiZmY5OGIzYzA1ZmYyMzIxNTc4ZjE0OnYxOnA6VA==
>
> They are large snails that inhabit seagrass beds, not really reefs.  I
> remember huge piles of their shells in some places.  I believe it is
> pronounced "konk" but correct me if I'm wrong.  They are being considered
> for listing as "threatened" under the US Endangered Species Act.  Nice
> picture.  They are quite visual, they can stick their eyes on long eye
> stalks out from under the shell in what is called the "Strombid notch" to
> look around.
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
> Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
> NOAA Fisheries Service
> Pacific Islands Regional Office
> Honolulu
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> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA
>
> Degrowth can work - here's how science can help
>
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> CoP 27, CoP 17, the party's over
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