mark wrote:
>
> Good morning all.
> While watching a PBS program on southern light houses  they briefly
> staggered thru a section on shrimpers who were legally harvesting "conchs"
> (busycon kieneri or caurica couldn't tell tho as they were very encrusted)
> using shrimp trawling equipment. the question is , what are these whelks
> used for , I've smelled the fumes from the boil pot when cleaning these
> shells and on a scale of 1-10 , 10 being delicious and 1 being army food
> (slightly above airline cuisine) these whelks were maybe a 2. Are they being
> harvested for the overseas market? any suggestions would help , Mark & Peta
> Bethke
> Hollywood, Florida
Hello!
 
Hi,
 
Scungilli would be a good guess. You have to have a developed "taste"
for these snails.
 
Later,
 
 
Emilio Jorge Power