As government mulls over the concept of implementing a conch season, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard said the ministry will continue to push measures to conserve the conch stock, including potentially restricting the harvesting of conch by visitors to The Bahamas.

“We believe that conch should not be harvested by visitors in The Bahamas and so that is one of the measures we intend to include, and also to reduce the amount in pounds that they are able to capture on sports vessels as well as pleasure craft,” Pintard said during a press conference yesterday.

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