Hi martin , to the best of my knowledge it is only legal to collect shells
in souvener shops . sorry , mark
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Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:49 PM
Subject: Caribbean shelling areas? and shellcraft application.
>Hi All;
>
>I am going to have the opportunity to go to the Caribbean or Mexico, and
need
>to ask if anyone knows where it is still legal to collect shells, including
>landsnails???
>
>I also wanted to share an article from an old Smithsonian magazine (January
>1987). They feature the work of Jaqui Manoff, whose elegant and
"botanically
>accurate" shell flower arrangements impressed even biologically oriented
>folks such as myself.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Martin Kohl
>