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VI Conch & Whelk Season closes August 15, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Commercial fishers and the public are notified that the Conch (Strombus gigas) and Whelk (Cittarium pica) fishing season will be closed on August 15, 2022, in accordance with the Fisheries Regulations, 2003.
'Ban conch fishing on Anegada for 5 to 10 years' - Kelly Faulkner
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI- There has been a call by several persons on Anegada for government to ban the fishing of one the territory’s delicacy meat, the Anegada conch, over fears the conch population may be dwindling dangerously low.