Jennifer Hanhila wrote:
>
> Those of you who collect shells but are not interested in the creature
> who lives inside won't care to read this..BUT  I spent last week in Kino
> Bay (Sonora, Mexico).  One of our favorite things to do is go and eat
> oysters and shrimp.  The oysters are GONE from the WHOLE area.  This is
> very sad for those who farm and sell them for a living.  They've been in
> this area, which is west of Hermosillo, for years.  Why do you think
> this happened?  Also, I did some shell hunting at my favorite beach, the
> TOWN DUMP!  You can find incredible amounts of things at this place
> where fisherman take the "stuff" which gets caught in their nets.  I
> found a shell I had never seen (two of them) mitra belcheri.  Those of
> you who know me know I am the rankest of amateurs.....so you know how
> exciting it was to find this new (to me) beautiful shell.        Jen.
> (in Phoenix)
>
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Dear Jen.
 
 
The Baja California-Sonora zone has suffring an important industrial
development during the last 10 years. So, the population is increasing,
and the enviroment changing in consequence. The fisheries are developing
too. In much, these are bad news, but this situation may have good
surprises, like Mitra belcheri.
 
A regard.
 
Jorge / Mexico City