This recommendation of WECAFC urges member countries to determine the number of individual queen conch harvested to support stock assessments and utilize conversion factors for back-calculating whole animal weight extracted from the shell. Additionally, member countries are encouraged to report total conch production and exports as whole animal weight extracted from the shell to FAO and CITES, with a call for the preparation of a compendium detailing processing levels and associated conversion factors for all countries.
2019-01-01