Hi Debbie and All-
Yes, the Busycon and Busycotypus here (3 species) are fished for food. The
Italian epicures call it scungilli but I think the major aficionados are the
Chinese and most of the local catch goes to New York. I have seen these for
sale in Asian markets in Philadelphia and New York. There was a cannery
here in Burleigh, NJ but that has closed. Being downwind from it when it
was in operation was an experience. After visiting a Busycon dump when I
was pregnant many years ago, the thought of ingesting these has had little
appeal and the local feral cats won't touch the meat, even if it is super
fresh. The best way to remove the animal is by freezing, mercifully, as
the cooking odor isn't too pleasant. However, I have eaten scungilli salad,
and all the garlic made it somewhat tasty.
I'd stick to crawdads, if I were you!
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Duval" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Erato-mania on a NC beach
> Sue--
>
> At the risk of appearing to be an idiot, why do they fish Busycon? Is it
> a food source? I can't imagine eating our Busycon species, and in
> Louisiana, where we eat anything that moves, that's going pretty far!
>
> Debbie
>
>>>> Sue Hobbs <[log in to unmask]> 4/21/2008 8:15 PM >>>
> I am happy to report that Prunum roscidum (Redfield,1860) is alive and
> very
> well just off the coast here in Cape May, New Jersey. I have many of them
> collected by Busycon fishermen, from their traps, where they are attracted
> to the bait, Limulus, the Horseshoe crab. Now that the harvesting of
> Limulus has been prohibited in NJ this spring, the Busycon fishery is
> pretty
> much closed down, but they still set Busycon traps a few miles away along
> the coast of Delaware. I have seen a few early Limulus females on the
> beach
> but the world-class nature spectacle of the Red Knots, Ruddy Turnstones
> and
> many other migrating bird species gorging themselves on freshly laid
> Limulus
> eggs is still a few weeks away, here along the Delaware Bay.
>
> Sue Hobbs
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Kirsh" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:18 PM
> Subject: [CONCH-L] Erato-mania on a NC beach
>
>
>>I can pretend I'm on a Caribbean island when I go to some North
>> Carolina beaches. Then I have to remind myself where I am when I find
>> some of these shells.
>>
>> Yesterday on Shackelford Island, I came across a somewhat worn but
>> otherwise intact Hespererato maugeriae. And an aperture fragment of
>> Tritonoharpa lanceolata. These are both recorded in Porter's (1974)
>> book on NC shells. But still....
>>
>> Are they fossils that washed out of one of the sand dunes or could they
>> be living in shallow water?
>>
>> Has anyone found Prunum roscidum live or even fresh-dead--and where?
>> I've only found well-worn ones.
>>
>> David Kirsh
>> Durham, NC
>>
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