A few days ago at H-Mart here in Houston, and they had a huge pile of live -
mostly B. canaliculatus, with a few B. carica  mixed in.  Average size about
8".

Leslie Crnkovic
San Jacinto College

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Callomon,Paul
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] conch'd out: new fishery laws for Busycon whelks

Large gastropods (such as Neptunea) feature in many northern Asian cuisines,
particularly those of Korea and coastal China. There's definitely a market
for them. My local Vietnamese fish seller in Cherry Hill, NJ always has live
"conch" (Busycon, probably from New Jersey) alongside frozen "whelk"
(Buccinum verkruezeni from Alaska, or B. undatum from eastern Canada); down
the street at H-Mart there's also canned and frozen Babylonia and both
places offer shrink-packed freshwater Cipangopaludina for the stronger
palate. (Last week H-Mart had some magnificent live Panopea too; they always
have farmed abalone, and the usual live Mytilus and Mercenaria).

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General
Invertebrates

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Steve Rosenthal
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:53 AM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] conch'd out: new fishery laws for Busycon whelks

Story in our local newspaper this week: for the first time ever, the State
Dept of Environmental Conservation is proposing size limits on Busycon
whelks taken commercially  in NY (and Connecticut may follow the same). The
whelks are apparently showing signs of being overharvested, the new size
limits would require shells to be over 3 inches in diameter, which is about
5.5 inches long. Since New York's lobster population is pretty much kaput,
most of the fishermen still fishing have turned to whelks, which fetch
$2.60/pound wholesale according to the newspaper article. (thats not far off
from the lobster price in a good year, which seems rather surprising, i know
which one i would rather put on my table- at least to eat).

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