The queen conch, which can grow to the size of a football, is coveted for its meat and shell. Lisa Collins/Blue Planet Archive Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by ...

Queen conch are mollusks that live in spiral sandy-colored shells with a bright pink or orange interior. They can be found throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

A queen conch shell can grow as big as a football. Its handle-like cavity gives it a similarly satisfying grip, though it weighs closer to a brick.

A queen conch grows up about a foot long and lives up to 30 years. Other species can live a little over 40 years. Adult conchs move around in a space equivalent to about 15 acres. Rather than ...

Queen conch are mollusks that live in spiral sandy-colored shells with a bright pink or orange interior. They can be found throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Taking a living queen conch is illegal. Also, killing, mutilating or removing a living queen conch from a shell is prohibited, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission notes.

The queen conch is the largest molluscan gastropod of the six conch species found in the shallow seagrass beds of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands and the northern coasts of ...

A Texas woman in 2018 was given 15 days in jail for taking 40 queen conch from the water in Key West a year before. This story was originally published June 1, 2021 at 4:30 PM.

The event features the Cap’n Scuba Memorial Conch Shell Blowing Contest and the Queen of Conch. Plus the festival will have live music, and arts and crafts for the kids.