Helping to Sustain a Way of Life in the Bahamas

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conch eggs

Conchs lay hundreds of thousands of tiny eggs in a sandy egg mass. The larvae emerge after 5 days and drift on currents for up to a month before settling to the bottom of the ocean.

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Other Resources

These organizations provide even more information about the queen conch on their websites.

The Bahamas Reef Environment Education Foundation (BREEF)

www.breef.org

The Conch Heritage Network

www.savetheconch.org

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/invertebrates/queenconch.htm

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/queen_conch.htm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/animals/queen_conch.html

http://www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/pdf/queen_conch.pdf

Scientific Literature

Stoner A.W. and Ray M. (1996) Queen conch, Strombus gigas, in fished and unfished locations of the Bahamas: effects of a marine fishery reserve on adults, juveniles, and larval production. Fish Bull 94:551–565

Stoner, A.W., and Ray-Culp, M. (2000) Evidence for Allee effects in an over-harvested marine gastropod: Densitydependent mating and egg production. Mar Eco Prog Ser 202:297–302.