I believe shelling on Bonaire has been forbidden since the 1970's. I went
on a
collecting trip there with Kirk Anders, Germanine Warmke, Gary Magnotte
and others
back-in-the-day and we had obtained special permission from the Governor
in order to
collect.

Tom Rice
Phuket Thailand

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:32:45 -0800, Stemke Douglas <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I do not believe shelling is allowed on Bonaire.
>
> --- On Wed, 1/26/11, Gary Preston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Gary Preston <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [CONCH-L] Shelling
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 4:15 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been an avid sheller for years as my primary avocation and enjoy
> all of your posts. I am taking a cruise to Aruba, Bonaire, St. Thomas,
> Grenada, and Dominica and was wondering if anyone has had any success
> shelling on these islands ?
>
> Thanks for you help,
>
> Gary Preston
>
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