Queen Conch Lab | FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Last week, our team at Florida Atlantic Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, along with colleagues Hector Acosta Salmon from Mexico and Michael Freifeld from The Bahamas, tagged 72 milk conch for a morphology and physiology study. This project is funded by Builders Initiative. #conch #florida #research

The University of the West Indies' Discovery Bay Marine Lab has successfully hatched and released more than 45,000 queen #conch larvae through its newly acquired mobile lab. Great work, team!! ???????????? This restoration project is a partnership between Florida Atlantic Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Jamaica Conch Restoration Project, and UWI. #Jamaica #conch #aquaculture

Queen Conch Lab Assistant Director Becky Holt is attending the International Women in Conservation Summit, hosted by Sea of Life Caribbean in Belize City. This event highlights the contributions of local and international female experts in conservation. Exciting news: Belize might become the next project site for queen conch aquaculture and restoration efforts. Stay tuned for updates! #Conservation #Belize #IWIC2024

Our partnership project, "Conch in the Classroom," has received some great press recently. This new curriculum is for grades 3-6 and has been implemented in five government primary schools. Approximately 150 students are engaging in hands-on learning about the queen conch. This project is funded by the McPike-Zima Foundation. Megan Davis Becky Holt Amanda Matthews Gail Woon

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We're in #Guadeloupe this week for the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute conference #GCFI77. We've been discussing queen #conch restoration efforts with several new partners, including Drucilla and Gabriel Moulin of Karakera Queen Conch, who we have been in touch with for six years. Yesterday, we met in person for the first time to explore potential sites and further develop a community-based partnership project. ????????

Congratulations to Cura?ao's Queen Conch Hatchery on this incredible documentary! We’re absolutely delighted to have been a part of this journey with you. #conch #aquaculture #oceans

Exciting developments have been happening over the past few weeks! ?? We’re thrilled to introduce our new partnership project, "Conch in the Classroom," launched in Grand Bahama and funded by the McPike-Zima Foundation. In collaboration with Florida Atlantic Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and EARTHCARE, we’ve implemented a new curriculum (grades 3-6) across five government primary schools. Approximately 150 students are engaging in hands-on learning about the queen conch. Each school features an aquarium with two juvenile conch, and EARTHCARE Executive Director Gail Woon, along with dedicated volunteers, teachers, and principals, is actively implementing the program. A big thank you to PI Megan Davis, Co-PIs Gail Woon and Becky Holt, and Education Coordinator Amanda Matthews for their outstanding work! Learn more at: McPike-Zima Foundation

Introducing our new website! Happy browsing! #aquaculture #conch #caribbean

Our Research & Education Coordinator, Amanda Matthews will be sharing her expertise today in the Cayman Islands for the 2024 CANUSA Wildlife Disease Association's Workshop.? #WildlifeHealth?#Aquaculture?#SustainableFoodSystems?