I would comment this on personal observation:  "Everywhere except the
Florida Keys."  There, they are thick, but it is illegal to collect
them.  Fun to see them, though.  Saw a huge one - measured it with my
shell dip net which later proved it was 18" end to end.
 
Sylvia in Alab ama
 
Emilio Jose Power wrote:
>
> I would beg to differ on the comment on the queen conch. In fact a member in
> my lab is having trouble getting samples through out the carribean as they are
> over collected in all areas. I will speak with this week and I will let you
> know what he says. Maybe I'm wrong.
>
>         Later,
>           Emilio