Marcus,

Thanks for the information.

On the Femorale website, Jose writes about an article in American
conchologist (vol.16(3), pp 8-9 December 1988) by Don Shasky. I am
trying to request the article, but can't find the title of the article.
Would you have that?

Thanks,
Ben

Marcus Coltro wrote:
> I think the S.princeps are not the main reason for the fisherman to use the nets - I wouldn't
> imagine someone using nets only for this purpose specially because they get too damaged.
>
> S. calcifer are taken by divers using compressor in Ecuador.
>
> Marcus
>
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> Assunto: Re: RES: Spondylus princeps and calcifer in Peru
>
> Marcus,
>
> Do you know how they collect S. princeps by net? The only thing I can
> think of is a drag net and that seems very destructive to harvest just
> the shell. Do you know if they are getting the S. princeps in their nets
> when they are dragging for other, more commercially valuable, species?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
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