At 07:54 AM 3/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Conch-Lers,
>For those of you that don't read French, here is a translation of Jan
>Haspeslagh's message.
>"I have a question for the French colleagues that are on Conch-L. I am going
>to St. Malo" (in France - northern coast) "the last weekend of March, 1998.
>Who can help with the best sites of the area? I am interested in everything:
>gastropods, chitons, bivalves, and scaphopods. I also would like to know if
>there are molluscs that are protected. A friend told me that Haliotis
>tuberculata was, among others. Is there a list of protected species?
>A big Thanks in advance.
>Please reply to the list if possible.
>Jan Haspeslagh"
>
>Howard
>
>My question to the list is do we have French Conch-Lers? If so respond to me
>personally in (basic) French or English.
>
 
I'm not French but I did collect at St. Malo many years ago (1980 to be
exact). I found the collecting to be good on the areas of rock and tidepools
along the Grand Plage and around the Grand Be at low tide. Be careful of the
tides in this area.
 
                                            Brian McElaney