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  • A conch fisherman and restaurant owner removes a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) from the shell in preparation of a conch salad. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
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  • A pearl from a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in the hand of a conch fisherman on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
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  • A young man, under direction from his father, in Nassau, Bahamas tosses conch into an old shopping cart. The animal will be removed from his or her shell to be made into conch salad or other food for human consumption. The shell will either be discarded or sold as an ornament. Conch is the national food of The Bahamas and is important economically, ecologically and culturally. Scientists warn conch populations are declining and a collapse is imminent.
    Conch Harvest
  • A conch fisherman and restaurant owner removes a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) from the shell in preparation of a conch salad. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
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  • Conch salad is one of the most common and popular conch dishes found throughout The Bahamas. The conch is added to the dish raw much like ceviche.
    Conch Salad
  • A Bahamian restaurateur de-shells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
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  • A tourist digs in to a conch salad. Conch are the National Food of The Bahamas and a favourite of tourists and locals alike.
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  • A Bahamian restaurateur unshells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
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  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells decorate a restaurant that specializes in conch salad. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas
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  • A conch fisherman finds a valuable conch pearl. These can sell for over $3000 as a raw material. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery13.jpg
  • A conch chef enjoys the pistol while unshelling a conch.
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  • Conch are the national food of the Bahamas. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery15.jpg
  • Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and very important economically. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery11.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in the water of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in The Bahamas.
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  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) await their fate in a conch salad under a dock in The Bahamas.
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  • Conch are kept alive in a small enclosure to ensure they stay fresh until they are chopped up for conch salad.
    BahamasConchFishery16.jpg
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