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The Queen Conch (pronounced "konk") is Strombus gigas, the large, pink trumpet-like shell that is fast vanishing from the
Keys because of its desirability to the 10-cent store and florist trade as a house or garden ornament.
With laughing, kidding approval, Papy's legislative colleagues gave assent to a bill which will provide a fine up to $500 or
a maximum of six months in jail for persons convicted of taking the Queen Conch from any salt, fresh or tidal water of the
state for any purpose "other than for use as food."
Sen. John Spottswood of Key West sponsored the senate companion bill.
The bill provides:
"Section 1. (1) It is unlawful to take from any salt, fresh or tidal waters of this state any Queen Conchs of the species
Strombus gigas for commercial purposes other than for use as food. It is the intent of the legislature that where Queen
Conchs… are taken for the purpose of using only the shell to sell commercially, the meat contained therein may not be
destroyed but must be used for food.
"(2) It is unlawful for any wholesale or retail fish dealer to have in his possession, to offer to purchase, offer to sell,
sell, barter or transport for sale any Queen Conchs… which he is prohibited from taking by this act."
Key Westers got really riled when commercial interests started harvesting the shells some of which bring up to $1.75 each and
discarding the gastropod which is one of the gastromical goodies and fixture in the eating habits of a Florida Conch's (Human
variety) life.
Mr. Cedric Coucom of Yeppon (Queensland) has sent me 331 cowries which he had collected in 1965 during a short visit to
Holborne Island, about 20 miles north of Bowen, Queensland; the small island is rarely visited by shell collectors. Plenty of
worn, bleached shells have been collected on the sandy beach, but only a few living cowries on the adjacent reefs so that the
animals are thought to live in deeper waters. In the following paragraph the species have been enumerated according to their
frequency, indicated by the number of specimens collected on the beach:
49 carneola (25 to 74 mm long), 33 isabella, 28 labrolineata, 27 erosa, 22 nucleus, 18 pallidula, 16 eglantina, 16 caurica,
14 errones, 14 gracilis, 14 quadrimaculata, 13 cylindrica, 10 vitellus, 10 stolida (large), 8 talpa, 6 annulus, 5 cicercula,
4 argus, 4 lynx, 4 teres, 2 scurra, 2 margarita, 2 caputserpentis, 2 hirundo, 2 cribraria, 1 arabica, 1 staphylaea, 1
limacina, 1 asellus, 1 clandestina, 1 kieneri -- but no specimens of globulus, moneta, xanthodon, subviridis, listeri, etc.
The total of 31 species among 331 cowry specimens is amazing, and the relative frequency of species is unusual in East
Australian waters. The absence of xanthodon points to the insular character of the fauna, and the white aperture of
caputserpentis as well as the large lateral blotches of erosa point to its affinity with Melanesian faunas, as the relative
frequency of quadrimaculata, talpa and argus does.
SCUBA diving around the coast of Sydney, as elsewhere, can only be accomplished at the generosity of the elements. Although
we have few problems with strong currents, we do have to contend with a rather heavy swell. As the greater part of our diving
is done from shore, it is only in times of smooth seas that dives can be made with satisfactory safety measures. When the
water is turbulent the Harbour comes into its own. No matter how rough we can always find a spot to get in, and more
important, to get out in one piece. Visibility is nothing to boast about and at times it is only 2 to 3 feet.
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