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The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club meeting on March 15 will feature Dr. Megan Davis, a research professor and director of Florida Atlantic University’s Queen Conch Lab program.
Dr. Davis and her team work with fisherfolk and community members to empower them to grow their own conch for restoration and conservation. For 50 years, she has studied the Queen Conch life cycle and innovated ways to save the species. Dr. Davis is the world’s foremost expert on Queen Conch aquaculture and has designed, implemented, and operated community-based Queen Conch hatcheries throughout the Caribbean.
Dr. Davis will provide a deep understanding of the biology of the Queen Conch and explain why the Queen Conch Lab and its partners are on a mission to save the Queen of the Sea for the sake of the species, the seagrass ecosystem, and people. She will highlight the Queen Conch community-based work going on throughout the Caribbean.
This meeting of the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will be Sunday, March 15, at the Sanibel Recreation Center, 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Rd., Sanibel. The Silent Auction is from 1:30 to 1:55 p.m. in the Osprey Room, and the meeting begins at 2 p.m. in the Pelican Room. This meeting is open to the public and free of charge.
The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club awards grants from the proceeds of its annual shell show that will be held March 5-7 this year, at the Sanibel Community House. Grants are awarded for education and research in conchology and malacology, as well as for conservation and water-quality projects, primarily in Southwest Florida. For more information or to join the club, please visit the Sanibel Shell Club’s website.
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