SUFB 962: Turks And Caicos Losing Their Conch To Over-Fishing

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.

The Turks And Caicos are overfishing their conchs and tourists are worried that they can't get their conch for dinner anymore. That was a bit sarcastic. 

Unfortunately, the demand for conchs outside of the beautiful Islands of the Turks and Caicos is driving the population to extinction and people are calling for an All-Out Ban on fishing for the once plentiful mollusc.

Link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51285893

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