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  • 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.
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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 Giant hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) uses an empty conch shell for protection and housing. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_01_04HI147.jpg
  • Coral surrounds a tridacna shell in Mocronesia
    Coral Swirl
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims towards the surface for a breath of air. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Widehand Hermit Crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) with highly decorated shell. Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Spiny Pink Scallop (Chlamys hastata) close-up to see the details of the eyes and other parts. Top of shell is encrusted with smooth scallop sponge (Mycale adhaerens). Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Giant clam or tridacna shell surrounded by plate coral shot off Kosrae, Micronesia
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  • Abstract art image of giant clam or tridacna shell underwater,
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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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  • Giant Hermit crabs (Petrochirus diogenes), two, appearing to fight. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Aerial view of an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Giant Hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) feeding at night. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • A queen conch (Lobatus gigas) leaves footsteps in the sand behind her as she moves along the seabed. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas
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  • A small aggregation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas
    2016_05_05_Cat_snorkel112.jpg
  • Pelagic Marine Gastropod Mollusk on a blackwater dive in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean
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  • A mature queen conch (Aliger gigas) in a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow in The Bahamas.
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  • A giant clam (Tridacna gigas) surrounded by lettuce coral (Turbinaria reniformis) off Kosrae, Micronesia.
    2013_Jan30_Kosrae086.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over sand ripples, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190217-500_3397.jpg
  • An emerald nerite (Smaragdia viridis) eating algae growing on a seagrass blade in The Bahamas.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Aerial view of an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210227-DJI_0160.jpg
  • A queen conch (Aliger gigas) in The Bahamas.
    2015_12_17HI415.jpg
  • Discarded shells at an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Discarded shells at an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Discarded shells at an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • Discarded shells at an oyster farm in Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • 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 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.
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  • Conch shells are used as decorations and are ubiquitous throughout the Caribbean.
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  • 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
  • Common octopus (Octopus insularis) hiding in her den surrounded by empty shells, the remains of her meals. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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 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
  • A former fisherman who now specializes in removing the conch from its shell throws another one on the pile in West End, Grand Bahama.
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  • Actor and advocate Shailene Woodley finding and collecting plastic in the Sargasso Sea. In her hand we see a plastic shotgun shell in red and a piece of black garbage bag.
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  • 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 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 pair of mating dungeness crabs (Cancer magister). The male will often grasp the female in an embrace for weeks waiting for her to molt when her shell will be soft enough to receive the male's gonopods. After mating he will embrace her for protection. Image made off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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.
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  • A conch midden, or pile of conch shells, East End, Grand Bahama.
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  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in the water of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI149.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in The Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI062.jpg
  • A tourist waits at a restaurant specializing in conch dishes. The shells are a popular decoration throughout the Bahamian Islands.
    BahamasConchFishery04.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
  • Fisherman in West End, Grand Bahama use fish to settle a small debt near a conch midden (pile of shells).
    Worth
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