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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
  • 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 queen conch (Lobatus gigas) using her single foot to walk along the seabad. Queen conch have eyes on the ends of stalks, a mouth at the end of a tube and a single foot - all protected by a shell that is harder than concrete. Image made in The Bahamas.
    The Amazing Queen Conch.jpg
  • The eye of a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) peeks out from her shell. Conch have the incredible ability to regenerate a lost eye.
    Conch Eye
  • 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.
    20170707HI013.jpg
  • 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.
    2016_02_09HI021c.jpg
  • A pearl from a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in the hand of a conch fisherman on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2016_02_09HI054.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in the water of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI149.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) using her single foot to walk along the seabad. Queen conch have eyes on the ends of stalks, a mouth at the end of a tube and a single foot - all protected by a shell that is harder than concrete. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2015_12_17HI398.jpg
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells decorate a restaurant that specializes in conch salad. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    2015_11_30HI071.jpg
  • Scientists are predicting a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and important culturally, economically and ecologically.
    BahamasConchFishery08.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in The Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI062.jpg
  • A massive brass sculpture of a conch shell adorns a billionairs lawn overlooking shallow seagrass beds and sand flats that living conch call home.
    Ornament
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) leaves footsteps in the sand behind her as she moves along the seabed. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas
    2015_08_20_HI010.jpg
  • Shells of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) along with old coconuts, and old boots are part of a decoration on a backyard table in The Bahamas
    2015_07_27_HI152.jpg
  • A pickup truck is used to transport a large catch of queen conch (Lobatus gigas). The fisherman will then crack them out of their shells in the parking lot where they are will be sold to tourists and locals. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2015_12_7HI148.jpg
  • A hatchet and knife sit on a bucket. These are the tools used to crack open queen conch (Lobatus gigas) the national food of The Bahamas. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    20170427HI0971.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the protection of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Marine Protected Areas may be the best hope for a sustainable future for conch.
    Eggs
  • A juvenile queen conch (Lobatus gigas) eats the algae growning on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) blades. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180619-500_5896.jpg
  • A fisherman walks over a pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells. The pile is known as a midden. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2016_09_23ConchLion572ad.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) feeding on the algae growing on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum). Image made in Exuma, Bahamas.
    20171129-DSC_1787.jpg
  • A small aggregation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas
    2016_05_05_Cat_snorkel112.jpg
  • A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) feeding on a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in The Bahamas.
    2016_01_04HI294.jpg
  • A mature queen conch (Aliger gigas) in a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in The Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2369.jpg
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) walk along the ocean floor with Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the background. Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB239.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Exuma, Bahamas.
    20170719EX_169.jpg
  • The eye stalk of a queen conch (Lobatus gigas). Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_04_09_HI040.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Exuma, Bahamas.
    20170719EX_123.jpg
  • Conch shells become homes for other creatures like hermit crabs, but not if the shell is cracked for conch extraction. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    Home
  • Conch are odd, interesting animals. Their eyes are on the ends of stocks, they have one foot and their mouth is a toothed-tube.
    20170601HI025.jpg
  • Queen conch (Aliger gigas) in seagrass. Bahamas
    20200709-500_2369.jpg
  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) hops along the bottom in search of a mate. Scientists calculate the minimum density for conch to reproduce is 56/hectare. This density is virtually non-existent in The Bahamas.
    Locomotion
  • A Giant hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) uses an empty conch shell for protection and housing. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_01_04HI147.jpg
  • A queen conch (Aliger gigas) in The Bahamas.
    2015_12_17HI415.jpg
  • Fisherman in West End, Grand Bahama use fish to settle a small debt near a conch midden (pile of shells).
    Worth
  • Conch are not only food for people, many animals also enjoy feasting on them. Here a common octopus chows down.
    Ecology
  • Conch are not only food for people, many animals also enjoy feasting on them. Here a common octopus chows down off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    ConchStory06.jpg
  • A tourist waits at a restaurant specializing in conch dishes. The shells are a popular decoration throughout the Bahamian Islands.
    BahamasConchFishery04.jpg
  • A Bahamian restaurateur de-shells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
    ConchStory04.jpg
  • A conch fisherman uses a small axe to crack the conch shell to get the muscle inslide. They sell the conch, a local delicacy, in a shopping center parking lot to locals and tourists alike.
    BahamasConchFishery19.jpg
  • South Eleuthera conch fisherman crack the days catch. They use their pickup truck to transport the conch to the market parking lot so locals and tourists can have a chance to purchase the animal as it is being de-shelled. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas.
    BahamasConchFishery18.jpg
  • A tourist digs in to a conch salad. Conch are the National Food of The Bahamas and a favourite of tourists and locals alike.
    ConchStory04.jpg
  • Queen conch off Harbour Island in the Bahamas. 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. 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.
    BahamasConchFishery02.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado shows off a juvenile queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The conch was too small to keep so he set it back on the seabed after the image was made. Andres noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Queen conch, once his main catch, were completely wiped out at depths under 70 feet. In 2020, three years after the storms, he is starting to find the odd juvenile, but he must rely on other species to make a living. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico077.jpg
  • A Bahamian restaurateur unshells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
    BahamasConchFishery03.jpg
  • A conch chef enjoys the pistol while unshelling a conch.
    ConchStory05.jpg
  • A conch fisherman walks over a conch midden - a large pile of discarded conch shells - while adding to the pile. Scientists predict the overfishing of Conch in The Bahamas will soon lead to a population crash similar to the ones in Florida and Bermuda in the 1970's.
    ConchTerminator
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) await their fate in a conch salad under a dock in The Bahamas.
    2015_11_30HI028.jpg
  • 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 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 young Bahamian girl plays with a conch shell on beach in Nassau, Bahamas. Conch are part of the cultural heritage of The Bahamas and other Caribbean nations. Their loss would be deeply felt.
    20180721-501_6917.jpg
  • A conch midden, or pile of conch shells, East End, Grand Bahama.
    20180723-501_7993.jpg
  • A pickup truck is used to transport the large catch of conch. The fisherman will then crack them out of their shells in the parking lot where they are also sold to tourists and locals.
    BahamasConchFishery06.jpg
  • A giant, brass sculpture of a conch shell adorns a newly-built billionaire's summer getaway home. Conch are iconic symbols in the Bahamas for the ultra-rich and poor alike.
    2016_06_05HI030.jpg
  • Conch are kept alive in a small enclosure to ensure they stay fresh until they are chopped up for conch salad.
    BahamasConchFishery16.jpg
  • A major part of the queen conch's diet comes from eating algae off seagrass blades. Queen conch are the official food of The Bahamas and important culturally, economically and ecologically throughout their range.
    ConchClean Algae Off Seagrass
  • The queen conch is the national food of The Bahamas and important culturally and economically, but are overfished. Despite conch being protected under CITES (convention on the international trade in endangered species) they are still sold as souvenirs in the international terminal of a Bahamian airport.
    2016_06_21NassauAirport042.jpg
  • The daughter of a restaurateur that specialises in conch dishes plays near the ocean-front establishment. Both of her parents are fully invested in this business and if conch run out, her life would change.
    ConchStory07.jpg
  • Conch shells are used as decorations and are ubiquitous throughout the Caribbean.
    ConchStory07.jpg
  • 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.
    BahamasConchFishery17.jpg
  • Conch Eye
    2015_04_09_HI040.jpg
  • A former fisherman who now specializes in removing the conch from its shell throws another one on the pile in West End, Grand Bahama.
    20180724-501_8401.jpg
  • A large pile of conch shells, called a midden, along the road in West End, Grand Bahama. The shells can be used as a natural breakwater for storms.
    20180724-501_8246.jpg
  • A fisherman in East End, Grand Bahamas prepares conch meat for restaurant sale.
    20180723-501_7951.jpg
  • A small aggreggation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas
    2016_05_05_Cat_snorkel112.jpg
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  • Giant Hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) feeding at night. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3812.jpg
  • Giant Hermit crabs (Petrochirus diogenes), two, appearing to fight. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190216-500_3251.jpg
  • A man removes another conch from his or her shell before thowing the shell on the massive pile (called a midden) in West End, Grand Bahama. The man said he used to dive for conch, but now he only cleans them. He's been doing this job for decades.
    20180724-501_8408.jpg
  • Conch shells become homes for other creatures like hermit crabs, but not if the shell is cracked for conch extraction. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery10.jpg
  • A small restaurant in West End, Grand Bahama specializes in pickled conch.
    20180724-501_8359.jpg
  • A young woman, working at her mother's restaurant, uses a mallet to pound conch meat in a plastic bag on Cat Island, Bahamas.
    20180716-501_3963.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) walk along the ocean floor with Caribbean reef sharks ((Carcharhinus perezi) in the background. Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB239.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico073.jpg
  • Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and an integral part of the ecosystem. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    BahamasConchFishery12.jpg
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