Dear Editor,
Please print this open letter to the Hon. Renward Wells, Minister for Agriculture and Marine Resources.
Dear Minister Wells,
I am interested to know what progress is being made, if any, in advancing the Conchservation Project of the Bahamas National Trust in conjunction with the scientific research being conducted by the Community Conch Organization. www.communityconch.org
Data from surveys conducted over the last seven years at most major fishing grounds in the Bahamas indicate that, with the exception of the Ragged Island fishery, most of those grounds have been overfished to population densities incapable of species reproduction.
One of the latest reports disseminated to your Ministry stated that “It is clear that current management and regulations are not adequate to sustain conch resources in the Bahamas.”
I have attached a couple of photos taken last week of conch deliveries to just one restaurant and have to ask how much longer can this be continued before the inevitable collapse of the fishery and da conch gone!
(Watch the video below...)
Ian Mabon.
July 3, 2017
Ain't Got No More Lip: A Film About Conch from Conch Salad TV on Vimeo.
