Good morning all.
While watching a PBS program on southern light houses  they briefly
staggered thru a section on shrimpers who were legally harvesting "conchs"
(busycon kieneri or caurica couldn't tell tho as they were very encrusted)
using shrimp trawling equipment. the question is , what are these whelks
used for , I've smelled the fumes from the boil pot when cleaning these
shells and on a scale of 1-10 , 10 being delicious and 1 being army food
(slightly above airline cuisine) these whelks were maybe a 2. Are they being
harvested for the overseas market? any suggestions would help , Mark & Peta
Bethke
Hollywood, Florida