I saw the same situation when in the Keys a couple of years ago. It was
great to see so many "grazing" in the seagrass. If commercial harvesting
can be permanently banned, I believe the numbers of queen conchs would
recover. I haven't heard of any mollusk becoming endangered due to
individual collectors. Vicky Wall

Linda Bush wrote:

>Hi!
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>A fellow collector told me recently that the Queen Conchs are now so numerous in the Keys that there are some places where you can't help walking on them.  Any comments??
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>Caio,
>Linda
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