Hi to all,

Without the citing of names, there have been many collectors that
have visited the island in recent time. From the US and other countries.
I am a native of Cuba and I think I know how things work down there.
There are many restrictions [laws/rules] on anything you can imagine
including collecting of wildlife. However the population in general have
many other priorities to worry about, yes basic necessities. So you may
get away with certain rule breaking one day and get your butt in big trouble
on another day. The enforcement may be one thing one day/one enforcer
of the rules and be different another day/different enforcer of the rules.
You essentially do things based on the latest information on what can be
done or not. So the best advice is to do things at your own calculated risk.

CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE GPS EQUIPMENT WITH YOU!!!

I used to be in contact with Cuban biologists, on the island, lost touch,
but they did have bans on collecting land/tree snails and they had recent
laws of sorts protecting them.

Emilio Jorge Power

bivalve wrote:

>Emilio notes on his site at
>http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Gold/9440/polymita/polylit.html
>that export of Polymita for non-scientific reasons was forbidden in the 1940's, although laws have changed a lot in Cuba since then.
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