In the Florida Keys, the queen conch is also central to the culture. People born in Key West call themselves “conchs,” after the marine creature snorkelers often encounter off the coast.

Florida restaurants buy imported queen conch meat, which is completely legal to do. The U.S. is a major importer of the meat because of how protected it is in U.S. waters.

More information: Andrew Kough et al, Queen conch aquaculture remains a conservation symbol and is not yet a fisheries solution, Oryx (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0030605324001443 ...

A new study published in Conservation Science and Practice uncovers how breeding populations of queen conch (Aliger gigas) within a protected marine reserve, where fishing is prohibited, sustain ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission research associate Dr. Ellery Lennon measures the total length of a Queen Conch before relocating it to deeper waters where the snail has a higher ...

Florida Keys' "mollusk meteorologist," a queen conch, is predicting six more weeks of winter, similar to Punxsutawney Phil's winter predictions. The sea creature's shadow was observed during a ...

LA PAZ, Mexico — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today seeking protection for the queen conch under Mexico’s Standard NOM-059, a federal law that protects at-risk species from ...