Figure 1. Growth of Strombus pugilis, and measures of size and maturity used in this study. (g) is an example of a large mature animal from contemporary populations, while (h) is one of the larger animals from Prehuman populations, exemplifying the shift in size due to human […]
Thanks to Melanie for providing this summary of their research and
presentation!
The Bahamas National Conchservation Campaign http://www.bnt.bs/conchservation
has recruited the Bahamian public to join agencies, private entities and researchers
to protect The Bahamas’ favorite beautiful, tasty, mollusk the queen conch. It is not
surprising that there are dozens of research papers on queen conch. However, we
know very […]
We featured Shedd Aquarium post-doc Kristine Stump earlier in the
week, and here another Shedd post-doc Alex Tewfik. His research
will be focused on managing the conch fishery.
BNT video associated with the launch of Conchservation. I found the
reactions to question 3 (at ~4:25) the most interesting.
Increased penalties for poaching and status of the conch fishery.
Catherine will be representing Community Conch at ASAC. Look at their
recent publications here, including a paper on aging conch and a recent survey
of the Jumento Cays and Ragged Islands.
