Excellent idea!

You've noticed the Nautilus in SW Florida. I've noticed the Queen Conch on
promo displays for Kuwait Airways and many, many times I've noticed
Indo-Pacific species on promotional material for Caribbean or Atlantic
resorts. Also, Indo-Pacific shells packaged for tourist shops on the
Atlantic, sometimes billed as local shells. Wonder if the clerks would
accept my genuine Monopoly money for their genuine local shells.
--David K.

>A thought...
>"Themed" license plates run rampant in Florida, promoting interests ranging
>from Tarpon fishing to the Florida Marlins.  The only shell plate that I have
>seen is for the University of Southwest Florida, and displays a Nautilus!
>I've never understood, with the plethora of plates promoting every cause from
>Manatees to Cougars available in this state, why there is not one for the
>Queen Conch?  The thing would sell like wildfire (the Keys alone would
>probably sell the plate out), and maybe some $$$ could be raised to assist in
>the preservation and continuation of the species!
>Climbing down from the bandwagon...
>Joni