Bob Glazer is the program director at the Federal Marine Research Institute,
which some press reports say is in Marathon, but in actuality it is on
Long Key.  See American Concholost Vol. 26. NO.1 - March 1998,
Page 14.  This "conch farm" has been well covered by virtually all the
print media for a number of years.
 
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Jacksonville, FL 32246-8645
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-----Original Message-----
From: wizzard <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: conchs...of course
 
 
>Mel Springer wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jonathan,
>>         I saw two places in the world with conch farms.
>>        1) The Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean
>>        2) The Cook lslands in the Pacific
>>                 Hope this info is of some help,
>>                                                      Mel S.
>Isn't there one in Key West and/or Miami?? Michael Huggins of Michael &
>Marcie, Bay Harbor Islands FL