Queen conch dying out in the Bahamas despite marine parks

Mongabay
Feb 16, 2018, 7:00 am163 pts
It’s hard to adequately describe the importance of conch to the Bahamas. Conchs are ingrained in the culture; there are conch festivals, conch homecomings and conch-cracking competitions. On the Bahamian coat of arms, a queen conch takes pride of place, sitting right at the top. But new research finds that…

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