From my stay in l998 in Mauritius it is only live collecting that is banned Geoff >From: Flavio Favero <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: nice stories >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:07:47 +0100 > > >I confirm for the Maldives. Shelling is also totally banned in Seychelles > >Island an Mauritius Island. But if you can't find any dealer of local >shells > >in Seychelles (the shells comes from Philippines), it seems that nobody >know > >the law in Mauritius. When you talk with natives, the answer is "yes, it >is > >"a little" banned". And you can buy endemic species - harpa costata, >lambis > >violacea, etc. - without any difficulties (but with lot of money). > >..my personal experience.... >in Jan 2000 I was in mautirius island and I filled my trolley only for >shells (At my >arrive there was a typhoon, thus I find many shells on the beach) taken on >the >shore and dived also during snorkel...and not happy I put also some plastic >boxes >on the my luggage and of the one of my friend...a lady put also in her >trolley >a big pieces of coral (aarrrgh!!!!), but nothing happen on the airport >during the >x-ray check... the shell ovviesly bus clearly visible on the monitor.... >Speaking with local people they told me that there was a banning of shells >but >nobody has told me exactly about these laws..so I have tried personally to >check >the validity of them.... >ciao from italy. >.~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^. >FLAVIO FAVERO >Via G.B.Aleotti 4 >44100 Ferrara - ITALY >Tel: (0532) 752502 >EMAILS [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] >ICQ UIN : 5638595 (Nick: Flypers) >WEB PAGE : http://www.geocities.com/flypers5/ >.~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^. >Stay away from the darker side, and if you start to go astray let the force >be >your guide _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.