The goal of this project is to conduct a collaborative study between conch fishers and scientists to document current, region specific life history information for queen conch from ST

This $398,944 Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2025 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The goal of this 2-year project is to conduct a collaborative study between conch fishers and scientists to document current, region-specific life history information for queen conch from St. Croix and Puerto Rico. The key objectives are to: 1) establish an accurate method to estimate ages for queen conch from the U.S. Caribbean, and 2) fill in critical life history information gaps for this species. These goals will be achieved through fisheries-dependent and -independent sampling efforts involving both fishers and scientists working together.

Croix and puerto rico. The two overall goals of this study are to: 1) establish an accurate method to estimate ages for queen conch from the U.S. Caribbean; and 2) fill in critical life history information gaps for queen conch. The goals will be achieved through fishers and scientists working together via fisheries-dependent and -independent sampling efforts.