Dear Shell Friend,
Nice to see that you will be in Maputo (Mozambique) in the near future.
If you happen to find  CONUS abbas, I would be interested to buy or trade
with Sri Lanka shells.  Please contact me. Many thanks.
Best Regards.
Gunasena de Silva,
8, Esther Place, Park Road,
Havelock Town, Colombo 05, SRI LANKA.
Tel: (941) 582634 - Tel/Fax: (941) 598653
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Mon. Sep., 20th. 1999.


At 10:07 AM 9/19/99 PDT, you wrote:
>Dear Sheller's,
>
>In one month form now I will be leaving for Maputo (Mozambique) for my final
>Marine Biology graduation teases. Will be there for a couple of months
>studding shallow water shrimp of the Maputo bay. All though I was Born in
>Lourenco Marques (today formally know as Maputo) all I know about seashells
>from Mozambique comes from literature. Well ... I was wondering if any one
>out there knows about any good shelling grounds around the Maputo area or if
>there are any local Sheller's or dealers which I could contact. I am also
>curious about what species can be found in this southern region of
>Mozambique. Another question, is whether there is the possibly to contact
>local fishermen (from trawlers)? I heard that the shell business is quit
>restrict to a few dealers and outsiders are not very welcome, is this true?
>Sorry if I bothered you all with so many questions but any info I can get
>will be more then appreciated.
>
>Best regards to all,
>
>Carlos (Algarve - Portugal)
>
>P.S. To all my Conch-l friends I promise I WILL CONTACT YOU ALL before my
>departure, just am way over my head at the moment.
>
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