A new article published today in the journal Oryx examines the efficacy and perception of queen conch (Aliger gigas) conservation aquaculture – cultivating aquatic organisms to manage or replenish ...

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 ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A protected species was on a Key West man’s menu Friday, landing him in jail on a felony charge, state wildlife officers said Tuesday. Burley David Smith turned 67 two days before he ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico's Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A Key West woman is facing multiple charges after state wildlife officers confirmed on Tuesday that she illegally harvested queen conch, a protected species in Florida waters. The ...

A Texas tourist who collected 40 queen conchs seashells from Key West, Florida, is going to jail for 15 days. A Florida judge also sentenced Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez of Dallas to serve six months of ...

A researcher holds a juvenile queen conch. Adults can reach up to 12 inches in length. Jennifer Doerr, NOAA SEFSC Galveston via NOAA In the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys, a team of scientists ...

Conch chowder is an iconic dish in the Caribbean and Florida, particularly in the Bahamas and Key West. The latter has even adopted the queen conch as a cultural symbol and is nicknamed the Conch ...

Ben Daughtry, left, president of Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters, celebrates the “groundhog” conch living at the attraction on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Marathon, Fla. during a whimsical response to ...