Tag Archives: queen conch
Conch remains on the menu, no harvesting
National Marine Fisheries Service will not list queen conch on the endangered species list, but harvest of it in United States waters will remain prohibited. In March 2012, the environmental group Wild Earth Guardians requested the federal government list queen conch under the Endangered Species Act. Florida Keys State Rep. Holly Raschein successfully pushed a bill that called on the federal government to maintain the importation of queen conch. Read the rest here 12:52
New queen conch harvest limits in effect off St. Croix
The new commercial trip limit is 200 queen conch per vessel per day, according to the Southeast Regional Office of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service. more@virginislandsdailynews 10:34
