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"FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from
waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk
into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed.
But in recent years, Davis, 49, and conch fishers like her have had to go
farther and farther from shore - sometimes as far as 30 miles (48 kilometers) -
to find the mollusks that Bahamians eat fried, stewed, smoked and raw and are a
pillar of the island nation’s economy and tourism industry.
Scientists, international conservationists and government officials have
sounded the alarm that the conch population is fading due to overfishing, and a
food central to Bahamians’ diet and identity could cease to be commercially
viable in as little as six years.
“When I was a child, we never had to go that far to get conch,” said Davis,
speaking at a Freeport market where she sold her catch. “Without conch, what
are we supposed to do?”"
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
