Do your share contributing to the environment by not consuming conch from now through November. The Ministry of Environment announced the start of the seasonal ban on capture and consumption of conch. The ban is in effect from 1 July to 31 October. The ban is intended to protect and manage the nation’s dwindling conchs (lambí and burgao in Spanish).
The ban includes the harvesting of conch in any stage of their life cycle. The protected species are Charonia variegata, Cassis tuberosa, Cittarium pica and Astraea coelata.
The Ministry urges owners and managers of supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, fish and seafood shops and fishermen to refrain from fishing, storing, acquiring or marketing conch during the seasonal ban.
Shop and restaurant owners are required to communicate to the Dominican Council for Fisheries and Aquaculture (CODOPESCA), their present stocks of conch for inspection, verification, monitoring and control purposes. After verification, the business has 20 days to sell the produce.
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Ministry of Environment
Listin Diario
11 July 2019