Mark, that was a great note you sent to conch-l. I hope you and Peta have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. jENNIFER (in Phoenix) >From [log in to unmask] Wed Nov 25 06:14:36 1998 >Received: from [128.192.1.101] by hotmail.com (1.0) with SMTP id MHotMail30894560442113506532501216006691719524; Wed Nov 25 06:14:36 1998 >Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by mailgw.cc.uga.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 9:13:54 -0500 >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 9248; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:12:57 -0500 >Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) > with spool id 8780 for [log in to unmask]; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 > 09:12:55 -0500 >Received: from UGA (NJE origin SMTPIN@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) > with BSMTP id 5140; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:12:55 -0500 >Received: from osage.gate.net [198.206.134.25] by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP > V2R4a) via TCP with SMTP ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:12:55 EST >Received: from gate (tshlw1-138.gate.net [199.227.148.138]) by osage.gate.net > (8.8.6/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA196438 for <[log in to unmask]>; > Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:12:48 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:15:54 -0000 >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >From: ferreter <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Sanibel >To: [log in to unmask] > >Good point Howard, the problem w/ live collecting on Captiva is that unless >your mode of transportation is by boat then you must drive your car through >Sanibel, try convincing the local Gestapo where the live shells crawling >around in your bucket came from . >SECOND POINT TO BE MADE >Some species of astraea , phobia & tecta (or americana) have a numbers >limit, I.E. 3 or 4 specimens per person per day and this is law all thu >Florida. This is from the horses mouth; Florida Fish and Game . >Personally I think a numbers band should be law for all species. We have all >seen THESE certain type collectors who fill thier buckets with live >specimens and have little reguard for the future stock . I'm rather sick and >tierd of seeing "growth series". >For those out there that say the numbers are not declining , whatever >happened to terebra taurinum which at one time was common throughout >florida, strombus gallus that was as common as alatus mitra florida , you >never see these anymore, or cymatium parthenopeum or cittarium pica both at >one time were as common as mud, futhermore not one of these species is >commercially havested , the numbers were whiped out by collectors who had >not restrictions . the real answer of course is self restraint but this idea >is lost in the world we live in ,,,,,,ferreter > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Howard S. Roux <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:13 PM >Subject: Re: Sanibel > > >>Scott and other Conch-L'ers >>My understanding of the Sanibel law is within 1/4 mile of the shore - don't >>know whether they mean at high or low tide - and it poses a problem with >>Captiva which is 50 feet morth of Sanibel and part of Lee County. Lee >County >>still has a two live species per day limit, except where live shelling is >>prohibited - Sanibel and Cayo Costa Island. >>Howard >>Naples, FL. >> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com