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In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

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 ...
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Takeaways from AP report on overfishing's threat to conch

Henry Carey holds up shells while diving for conch off the coast of McLean's Town, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Queen conch, the key food species, is a marine snail that reaches ...
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In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

Industrialized fishing fleets from other nations have overexploited some of the areas where conch grow, he said. Many Bahamian conch fishers say the poaching is coming from other nations that harvest ...
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In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose ...
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In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

The loss of conch intensified on several fishing grounds around the country starting in the 1990s. Even Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, established in the 1950s as the first marine protected area in the ...