Carole,
   You are my hero of the day!!


On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:49:34 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote:

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>In a message dated 4/28/2007 5:49:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
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>The  Florida Keys (and surrounding waters), are a sanctuary and off
limits  to
>live shelling. You can fish with a Florida fishing license but no
shelling.
>You can shell on Cedar Kay which is up the west coast well above  Tampa.
>Matt
>
>
>
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>The entire Keys area is NOT entirely off limits to shelling. I do not
have  a
>map, but as a rule of thumb, if it is a park or protected area it will be
>marked. See if you can find some NOAA maps showing the exact area that IS
under
>restriction.
>  It is illegal to take any Queen Conchs and you also cannot take any
Liguus
>tree snails. You also need a fishing license to collect live shells. I
used
>to have a map, but unfortunately cannot locate it in time for this to be
of
>any help.
>  I do know that Bob Pace put the entire Keys area that is still
available
>for shell collecting on maps in the Broward Shell Club Newsletter. It  is
only
>a small area that is not available for shelling along with the National
Parks
>and State Parks.
>  I went to many of those NOAA meetings when the Sanctuary was  being
>discussed and argued successfully for not having a complete ban on shell
collecting.
>        Carole  Marshall
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