Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission police are looking for whoever illegally harvested nearly 300 queen conchs in the Keys this week. The 291 empty shells of the federally protected ...

And one result is that it’s taken off the table beloved culturally important dishes. In the Bahamas, government officials and conservationists are working to save the conch … ...

The two empty queen conch shells were there as he described next to a pot and a fire.” Authorities then placed Smith under arrest.

Leroy Glinton, a fourth generation conch fisherman, stands on a pile of discarded shells outside his home in McLean’s Town, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022.

The officers went to his campsite and found two empty queen conch shells next to a pot and fire, Callender added.

Empty conch shells, which produce a unique sound when blown, have also been used as signaling devices in the Florida Keys for centuries. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets WJAX 0 0 ...

Flags, T-shirts and hats depicting conch sell briskly to visitors. Conch shells serve as paperweights, bowls, musical instruments and Christmas ornaments.

Small conch shells serve as game pieces on a checkers board as a young girl sits on a swing at a restaurant in Pelican Point, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Dec. 3, 2022.

Empty conch shells, which produce a unique sound when blown, have also been used as signaling devices in the Florida Keys for centuries. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets WFTV 0 ...

Empty conch shells, which produce a unique sound when blown, have also been used as signaling devices in the Florida Keys for centuries. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets ...