Conch Shells

We went for a long walk on the island and came across little stalls near the harbour. Nearly all sell Conch salad. The old shells are thrown infront of the stalls on the edge of the sea. In season you can imagine how many Conch salad/fritters are eaten, there is a limit on size but nothing on numbers. No one knows how long it takes for them to grow. One wonders how much longer nature can sustain this. The one good thing is that they are kept in water and eaten fresh, so nothing is waisted.