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04-13-2009, 02:57 PM,
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It is the usual situation, overcollecting for the tourist market. There was a time not long ago when anyone going to the Caribbean would bring back a Charonia, always large, mature specimens of course. In the Pacific I believe they are also protected as a predator of the Crown of Thorns starfish which has been decimating the reefs there.
The Queen conch situation makes me laugh, you can not take a specimen from the ocean yourself but the locals collect them by the thousand for bait and the tourist trade.There are islands there that have entire jetties made from queen conch shells and huge piles many feet high. One rule for them and one for us eh? Dave |
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