Hi Bobbi,
It's encouraging to hear that collectors are still able to get their shells back home. I hope you have a wonderful trip in March. Vicky



Hi Vicki:

They manage to get them in some how.   We recently traded for a gorgeous red
Nodipecten magnificus...from the Galapagos.  Illegal to take shells there.
Divers are somehow getting them and selling them for great prices.

When my husband came back from the Philippines....they didn’t even look at
his shells.  We are going again on March 19th-31st.  BUT we don't plan to
take anything illegally.

Bobbi

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Vicky Wall
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Philippines Shelling/Diving

I just took a look at the list of banned species. If there is such a ban,
how do dealers have these species for sale?
Vicky Wall, NC
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From: "Cecil Bankston" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:28:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [CONCH-L] Philippines Shelling/Diving
Subject:
SHELLS PASSION / [CONCH-L] Philippines Shelling/Diving
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Date:
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:40:34 +0100

Bonjour  ,
Have a look on this URL :
www.bfar.da.gov.ph/infocorner/endangered.htm
about Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species in the PHILIPPINES .
Even if you have an export permit you are not allowed to come back with
 such
kind of shells  . The list is quiet impressive !!!
Best regards
Philippe
I would suggest "impressive" is a major understatement.  Most of the shells
in the Gastropods list are mainstays of the Philippine specimen shell
dealers' business.  Are they really complying with this ban?  I wouldn't
suggest any of the shells in that list are common; but I suspect their
"rarity" is due largely to their deepwater habitat and the infrequency of
their happening to crawl across a tangle net.  Is there any valid,
scientific, conservation-related justification for all those species being
on that list?
--
Cecil N. Bankston
Baton Rouge, LA
USA
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